“... most of all the actor will love the boys and girls, the men and women, who sit in the cheapest seats, in the very last row of the top gallery. They have given more than they can afford to come. In the most self-effacing spirit of fellowship they are listening to catch every word, watching to miss no slightest gesture or expression. To save his life the actor cannot help feeling these nearest and dearest. He cannot help wishing to do his best for them. He cannot help loving them best of all.” MenSelfHelpingFeelingsLastsSpiritGirlActorsGivenWishBoysMissingHe ManExpressionListeningMen And WomenSeatsGesturesFellowshipGalleryBoy And Girl Author:Minnie Maddern Fiske
“There's this freshness that happens within the first few takes of the actors actually listening to each other and actually really reacting.” FirstsHappensActorsListeningReactingFreshness Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“Most of actor's work is done at home, in your hotel room, in the wee hours of the morning thinking and reading and feeling, walking around and listening to music. It really just because an internal exercise, whatever skills. It's great if you have to learn something new for a gig and designing a character physically is always fun but it does become an internal exercise in separating the wheat from the chaff.” IfsThinkingDoeDoneCharacterFeelingsHomeReadingActorsFunHoursRoomsMorningDesignListeningWalkingExerciseSkillsInternalsHotelSomething NewListening To MusicGigsWheatSeparatingHotel Rooms Author:Colin Farrell
“One of the things I love about acting is other actors, looking into their eyes, and working off them, and listening and responding to them.” EyeActorsActingListeningRespondingThings I Love Author:Allison Janney
“For a child actor, its a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.” ChildrenMatterAbleActorsListeningScaredReactingNew PlacesBeing ScaredChild Actors Author:Jena Malone