“Living in somebody else's pain for an actor man, it's actually nice when you get to feel that kind of emotion. That's what I like.” MenFeelsKindPainActorsEmotionNice Author:Miles Teller
“It's good for actors to confront those things we have to act: panic, pain and death.” PainActorsPanic Author:Antony Sher
“The growing pains of being an actor, that was a little frustrating at times because you feel like you have great capacity to do many things. And yet there seems to be a misunderstanding about who you are and what you're trying to do. And that requires patience, and people eventually will understand.” PeopleFeelsTryingLittlesSeemsPainActorsGrowingLike YouCapacityWho You AreMisunderstandingFrustratingGrowing Pains Author:Matt Dillon
“If you think back to the moments when you've gone through the most pain in your life, or the most severe anxiety, your body is very much involved in that. Your body is expressing those emotions. So, when we, as actors, try to access those feelings, the body is a great tool to use.” IfsThinkingTryingMomentsUseFeelingsBodyPainActorsEmotionGoneInvolvedAnxietyToolsAccessYour BodySevere Author:Joel Kinnaman
“Two of an actress's greatest assets are love and pain. A great actress, even a good actress, must have plenty of both in her life.” TwoPainActorsActressesPlentyAssetsLove And Pain Author:Katharine Hepburn
“Animating is a very slow, pain-staking process and the animators become the actors at that point.” PainActorsProcessAnimator Author:Wes Anderson
“All the things that are negative in me as a person - the incompetence and despair and weakness and pain - are like a gift from God in a performer. If you don't hide them and if you stop lying to yourself about what you are and are not, there is a ring or a tent or a stage where you can take them and use them to make something beautiful.” IfsPersonsUsePainBeautifulLyingActorsStageDespairWeaknessNegativeRingsPerformersIncompetenceGift From GodTentsSomething BeautifulLying To YourselfStop Lying Author:Elizabeth Ashley
“What I love in working on film is just working with actors. It's one thing to write scenes alone over a keyboard and to imagine the actions and reactions in your head, but it's a completely other thing to hear actors speaking your words, to see their bodies bringing the fullness of emotion, need, desire and pain to life right in front of you. It's amazing.” NeedsWritingBodyActionPainFilmDesireActorsEmotionImagineOne ThingFrontsSceneReactionsFullnessKeyboardsAction And Reaction Author:Dee Rees
“Hiding my migraines on the set may have been my toughest challenge as an actor. There were times when the pain from migraine headaches was so severe that I literally had to crawl across my dressing room floor. But I couldnt let anyone know. If they thought I might slow production, I figured that would end my career.” IfsKnowsMayHas BeensEndsMightPainActorsChallengesRoomsCareersProductionsHidingSevereDressingsHeadacheDressing RoomsMigraine Author:Morgan Fairchild