“I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman.” IfsWantPlayActingTeacherCarSalesmanActing TeachersCar Salesman Author:Aaron Tveit
“Yes, I was actually an acting teacher for a while.” ActingTeacherActing Teachers Author:Alanna Ubach
“When an acting teacher tells a student 'that wasn't honest work' or 'that didn't seem real,' what does this mean? In life, we are rarely 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. And characters in plays are almost never 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. What exactly do teachers even mean by these words? A more useful question is: What is the story the actor was telling in their work? An actor is always telling a story. We all are telling stories, all the time. Story: that is what it is all about.” MeanDoeRealPlayCharacterStoriesSeemsActorsActingTeacherHonestStudentsTruthfulTelling StoriesActing TeachersHonest Work Author:Stella Adler
“I'll never forget my high school acting teacher, Anthony Abeson, who said, "It starts with the shoes." When I think about a character, it does start with the shoes: What kind would she wear? How would she walk in them? If I'm going to put on a dress for a role - I don't care if it's the hardest dress to put on - I have to put the shoes on first. The physicality leads me to the character.” IfsThinkingFirstsKindDoeSaidCharacterCareSchoolWalksForgetActingRolesTeacherHigh SchoolDressesShoesDon't CareHardestI Don't CareNever ForgetLeading MePhysicalityActing Teachers Author:Jennifer Aniston
“You reminded me of a quote that my acting teacher Stella Adler wrote in her book ['The Art of Acting'], which I asked her to sign: "The young actor feels some greatness inside themselves that they want to give back to the world." That resonated with me, but I didn't really understand what she was talking about until much later, in the way you surmised that my struggle to become an actor was from being this kind of introverted young boy.” WorldWayWantGivingFeelsKindArtBookYoungActorsActingTalkingBoysStruggleTeacherGreatnessGiving BackIntrovertedYoung ActorsMy StruggleStellaActing TeachersAdler Author:Mark Ruffalo
“My acting teacher in high school was really influential, and we still keep in touch.” StillsSchoolActingTeacherHigh SchoolInfluentialActing Teachers Author:Brandon Jay McLaren
“I had a great acting teacher in high school. But I didnt like acting because it took too many people to get the job done. You have to talk to too many people and listen to others opinions. With music, you get a few friends together and just make it.” PeopleDoneSchoolTogetherJobsActingOpinionTeacherHigh SchoolGet The Job DoneFew FriendsOthers OpinionsActing Teachers Author:Hugh Dillon
“Oh, it's the first big thing I've really done. My first job out of college was working with Steven Soderbergh. I was telling my acting teachers, "I did it, you guys!"” FirstsDoneBigsJobsGuyActingTeacherCollegeBig ThingsActing Teachers Author:Eve Hewson
“The greatest inspiration I draw upon is, is this city (New York) and riding the subway and watching people and I find that's kind of like the best, the best acting teacher. You know, I wonder, like people who have huge celebrity, sometimes I feel bad, should this be one of their methods 'cause I don't know how they can observe life anymore, because they become the observed. So, I, I appreciate that New York can still do that.” PeopleKnowsFeelsShouldKindStillsSometimesInspirationCausesActingCitiesWonderKnow HowTeacherNew YorkHugeDrawsAppreciateMethodRidingSubwayBest ActingActing Teachers Author:Amy Ryan
“I know what it's like to have a dream. I know what it's like to roll the dice and say, 'I'm going to go after this thing,' and nothing turns my stomach quicker than acting teachers or acting schools that look at a bunch of dreamers and say, 'We can help,' when they know full well that they can't.” KnowsWellsLooksHelpingDreamSchoolTurnsActingTeacherBunchStomachDreamerDiceActing Teachers Author:Jim Parrack
“Part of an actor's job is to actually adopt the world-view of the character she is playing and to tell the story from that vantage point. If an actor represses large aspects of their personality, they will have a severely limited range and castability. Great actors cultivate effortless access to their subpersonalities. Many acting teachers call this 'freeing your instrument.'” IfsWorldCharacterStoriesJobsActorsViewsActingTeacherPersonalityAspectInstrumentsAccessRangeGreat ActorsEffortlessWorld ViewVantage PointActing Teachers Author:Jack Lemmon
“I started taking lessons in third grade because I thought it was a fun thing to do. Through my acting teacher, I got my manager. That was about 5th grade. So once that happened it kind of clicked that I probably should pursue acting as a career.” ShouldKindFunActingCareersTeacherHappenedLessonsThirdsPursueManagersThings To DoGradesFun ThingsThird GradeActing Teachers Author:Jared Gilman
“I grew up the son of an acting teacher but I've never been really good at articulating what that process is. It was always a bit more internal.” BitsProcessActingTeacherSonGrewGrew UpInternalsArticulatingActing Teachers Author:Vin Diesel