“I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.” ImportantDifferentActingGoneFourToolsConservatory Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“Singing is an incredible expression and something that is important to me, but where I feel comfortable with how much I reveal about myself is acting. I enjoy the characters, the costumes, the wigs and just being a chameleon.” FeelsImportantCharacterEnjoyActingExpressionComfortableSingingIncrediblesJust BeingCostumesWigsChameleon Author:Brie Larson
“If you accentuate yourself, thinking or acting like you are important, then you must want to look good to someone in this world. In order to impress or sway anybody in this world, you have to be in this world yourself.” IfsThinkingWorldWantLooksImportantOrderActingThis WorldLike YouBuddhismBalanceImpressAccentuate Author:Frederick Lenz
“Stage acting is for me the basic form of acting. If you make films all the time, you have so few possibilities to rehearse. And it's important to rehearse, because it gives you the possibility to try things which are not good!” IfsGivingTryingImportantFilmFormActingStagePossibilityStage Acting Author:Erland Josephson
“Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several times - and I like my casts to have great actors. Acting is more important to me than being a star.” Has BeensImportantActorsStarsActingCastsMovie StarGreat Actors Author:Jose Padilha
“Shock is shock. Your body goes into shock, regardless of it being real blood or fake blood. The mind sends powerful messages to all the various glands and secretions in the body. It's impossible trying to act it; it just happens. It's a very important question: no acting.” TryingMindImportantRealBodyHappensPowerfulActingImpossibleBloodMessagesVariousYour BodyFakeShockBeing RealImportant QuestionsGlands Author:Ben Kingsley
“The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind.” InspirationalMindImportantBodyMotivationalActorsVoiceActingImportant ThingsBest Acting Book:Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel Source: Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel
“People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it's big money, so people are elevated in status. If I was a bus driver, I'm sure you wouldn't be interviewing me.” PeopleIfsShouldImportantReasonBigsJobsFilmActingDriversBusImportant JobsBus Driver Author:Adam Garcia
“The most important thing is to keep creating and following my inklings as they come into being and acting on them.” ImportantActingCreatingImportant ThingsFollowing Author:Reggie Watts
“Believing in yourself you gain confidence, which allows you to relax. Relaxation is one of the most important parts about acting.” BelieveImportantActingGainsBelieve In YourselfRelaxRelaxationGaining Confidence Author:Emile Hirsch
“As an actor, it's always important to understand what the director is after. That, to me, is my job. When I'm acting, I like to ask a lot of questions and understand exactly why the director is doing what they're doing, so that I can provide him or her with the ingredients that they need to get the scene that they want. It's not to challenge them, in any way. It's just so that I can do my job best.” WayWantNeedsI CanImportantJobsActorsAsksCan DoChallengesActingSceneDirectorsIngredients Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“It's hard with ballet because your aesthetic really is important. It's different from acting and from film. Nobody wants to watch somebody who is sickly thin. And it's interesting because I have danced with people who are ill, have eating disorders, and a light goes off within them.” PeopleWantImportantDifferentHardLightFilmInterestingActingWatchesEatingIllDisorderBalletAestheticEating Disorder Author:Amanda Schull
“For almost every character I've played in the 43 years I've been working as a professional actor, I've found parts of myself. We are all bipolar in the tiniest essence of what it is. We are all multiple personalities, in a sense, and to be healthy mentally, I think, learning what those multiple personalities are and inviting them in your life is really important.” ThinkingYearsImportantCharacterLife IsActorsFoundActingPersonalityHealthyEssenceMultipleInvitingBipolarMultiple Personalities Author:Sally Field