“Most of my actor friends dont believe its possible to let go of it and be happy, and for a while that was true for me. For the first two years I ached, every day. And I had such bad dreams. But then I made the decision to start working on my little shop and all that went away.” YearsFirstsBelieveLittlesMadeTwoDreamActorsDecisionLetting GoShopsTwo YearsBad Dream Author:Genie Francis
“The biggest challenge for me, as an actor, is to be informed, prepared and focused, at the same time. I had to just keep on working, prepping, reading and imagining, all the way through, but the biggest challenge is always to let go of all that and just be open to others. That's what we do, as actor. We play with each other and we stimulate each other, and we have to be prepared to be stimulated by the other. That's always my big challenge.” WayPlayBigsReadingActorsChallengesLetting GoPreparedFocusedBe PreparedBig Challenges Author:Hugo Weaving
“As an actor you don't control the end result. Because you're a director, you get to control the end result. I think for us, we really have to show up and participate and give. And then let go.” ThinkingGivingEndsShowsActorsResultsDirectorsLetting GoEnd Results Author:Nicole Kidman
“As an actor, it's better to just be more loose and give yourself over. That's always fun. It's fun to just let go and be somebody else.” GivingActorsFunLetting GoJust Let Go Author:Mike White
“It's challenging as an actor to let go but I had some pleasure out of it too. To not have the effort of having to present myself is quite liberating.” ActorsChallengesPleasureEffortLetting GoLiberating Author:Juliette Binoche
“The biggest fear you face, as an actor, is whether people are going to like you. When you learn to let go of that fear, you can go so much deeper into the role and really take much bigger risks 'cause you're not worried about trivial things like that.” PeopleFacesActorsCausesRolesRiskLike YouLetting GoBiggerDeeperWorriedBiggest FearTrivial ThingsLearn To Let Go Author:Seth Gabel
“Honestly, it's the luck of the draw. If you are comfortable with the actor that you're opposite of - it just breaks down a lot of those insecurities and you can just say, "Okay, I trust this person, and I respect them and know they respect me," and then you can just go with it. When that doesn't exist, it's a lot harder to let go.” IfsKnowsPersonsActorsBreakLetting GoComfortableDrawsOkayOppositesHarderLuckHonestlyInsecurityBreaking DownRespect Me Author:James Wolk
“As an actor, that's the most important thing. You want to be able to let go and not hold onto anything, so that you can give an honest portrayal and performance.” WantGivingImportantAbleActorsHonestLetting GoPerformancesImportant ThingsPortrayal Author:James Wolk
“When I write, I picture the characters a certain way in my head, and they're not like any actor or actress. It's almost hard for me to let go of my ideas as to the way they look.” WayWritingLooksIdeasHardCharacterCertainActorsLetting GoActresses Author:Emily Giffin
“As an actor, I still have to remind myself of daring to let go and not to repeat myself.” StillsActorsLetting GoRepeatsDaring Author:Alicia Vikander
“I've always played down the drama in my films. In my main scenes, there's never an opportunity for an actor to let go of everything he's got inside. I always try to tone down the acting, because my stories demand it, to the point where I might change a script so that an actor has no opportunity to come out well.” TryingWellsStoriesMightFilmActorsOpportunityActingDramaSceneDemandLetting GoScriptsTone Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“As an actor, if you were to simplify what acting really is, it's about letting go.” IfsActorsActingLetting GoSimplify Author:Derek Magyar