“I did some professional radio acting as a teenager, and I essentially put myself through college with radio acting in Montreal. When I graduated, I got jobs in professional theatres, repertory, and stock theatres in Canada for a couple of years. And then I went to Stratford, Ontario, where I spent three years with a Shakespeare company. We took a classical play from Stratford to New York City, and I got some good notices there and essentially stayed and did live television. And that brings you to the beginning of filming.” YearsPlayJobsThreeActingCitiesCompanyNew YorkTelevisionCollegeCoupleRadioTheatreTeenagerCanadaNew York CityThree YearsMontrealOntarioLive Television Author:William Shatner
“Young writers if they are to mature require a period of between three and seven years in which to live down their promise. Promise is like the mediaeval hangman who after settling the noose, pushed his victim off the platform and jumped on his back, his weight acting a drop while his jockeying arms prevented the unfortunate from loosening the rope. When he judged him dead he dropped to the ground.” IfsWritingYearsYoungThreeActingArmsPeriodsPromiseWeightVictimSevenSettlingMatureJudgedPlatformsUnfortunateRopeSeven YearsYoung WritersHangmanNooses Book:Enemies of Promise Source: Enemies of Promise
“I've never changed my approach to acting. I've always felt like I've gotten better. I think that all of us can get better. I feel like, in my acting, I'm better than I was three pictures ago. I think about it. I'm a slow study. It takes me a long time to grasp the material, in order to perform it. But when I come to the set, on the first day, I know the whole movie. That's why I have to start early.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsFirstsLongWholeOrderThreeFeltActingStudyChangedMaterialsApproachLong TimeGet BetterTake MeNever Change Author:Kevin Costner
“I started acting when I was, like, three. My brother was really smart, and he wasnt being challenged enough, so my mom put him in the theater class. And I obviously followed him.” EnoughThreeActingClassBrotherMomSmartTheaterMy MomMy BrotherReally Smart Author:Nolan Gould
“I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that's important because I want to know that I don't have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don't want to and that I'll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs.” IfsKnowsWantYearsStillsTwoImportantAbleJobsThreeHouseActingDogCarTaughtDadLuckyMy DadThree YearsMy DogPaymentFrugalCar Payments Author:Ashley Greene
“I'm told I was acting in school plays when I was a tiny little boy at the age of three, so they must have seen something then. And even when I was practicing piano eight hours a day, I was still doing school plays.” LittlesStillsPlayAgeSchoolThreeHoursActingBoysEightTinyPianoLittle BoysSchool Plays Author:Christian McKay
“Acting is contained - you act for three months, then leave it - but writing is the act of creation. Writing is dangerous.” WritingThreeActingDangerousCreationMonthsThree Months Author:Sophie Marceau
“A lot of the time, you're supposed to play to the top of your intelligence, as truthful as possible. But when you're on stage making people laugh, you're still acting. I think it helped me a bunch to go on stage two or three times a week.” PeopleThinkingStillsTwoPlayThreeActingLaughingWeekStageGoes OnBunchTruthfulThree TimesMaking People Laugh Author:Ben Schwartz
“All three parts of filmmaking [writing, shooting, editing] contribute to rhytm. You want the script to be a tight as possible, you want the acting to be as efficient as possible on the set, and you have enough coverage to manipulate the rhythm in the editing room, and then in the editing room you want to find the quickest possible version, even if it's a leisurely paced film. I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.” IfsWantWritingMeanEnoughFilmThreeRoomsActingMaterialsScriptsVersionsRhythmShootingEfficientFilmmakingEditingHarvestManipulateCoverage Author:Alexander Payne
“The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.” ArtThreeActorsUnderstandingActingEssenceContemplatingPhases Author:Franz Grillparzer