Craft Quotes

“You need to be as honest as you can with the camera.”

“Songwriting is a very personal thing, but it's also a craft.”

“Voice acting is a different muscle, but it's a lot of fun.”

“I try to find the truth in every character I play, no matter how different they are from me.”

“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader—not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.”

“I like being a part of a project that is a story, and I am a part of that story.”

“If I wasn't an actor, I'd probably be a carpenter.”

“You try to make it as real as you can. You're just trying to tell the truth.”

“I think the most important thing for an actor is to have a sense of reality.”

“Acting is a sport. On one side you have the writers, and on the other you have the director; in the middle you have the actor.”

“It's not about being a movie star, it's about being an actor.”

“My job is to make you believe that this talking turtle is a real thing.”

“Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a man, his heart, his soul, his guts, his whole personality are brought to bear on what he does.”

“I don't think I'm a Method actor. I'm a 'whatever works' actor.”

“You have to be vulnerable to be a good actor. You have to be willing to open yourself up.”

“The way that suspense works is by making a promise to the reader.”

“The structure of the book is meant to mirror the experience of living in a place where people disappear.”

“The reason I do plays is that it's just a different kind of acting. I can do something on stage that I could never do on film or television. It's a different discipline.”

“The camera is a magnifying glass. It sees everything.”

“To be a good actor you have to be something of a scholar.”