Craft Quotes

“There's a freedom in comedy, but there's also a great amount of discipline you have to have to make it work.”

“As an actor, you're always playing a character. It's not you.”

“I think every actor wants to be a character actor.”

“I'm a character actor. I have to find work in good movies where I can make a difference.”

“To be an actor, you have to be a child.”

“I think the best actors are the ones that are the most real.”

“Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.”

“You have to be a little bit of a chameleon to be a good actor.”

“Acting is not a state of being, but a state of appearing.”

“Acting is a really strange thing. You have to know who you are, but you have to be a blank slate.”

“You don't have to be a star to be a good actor.”

“Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.”

“Acting is a really simple thing, but it's a very difficult thing to do well.”

“You know, the best roles are sometimes the ones that are the smallest.”

“For me, it's always about the story and the character.”

“Every character you play, you have to find something in them that you can relate to.”

“I'm not a Method actor. I'm a methodical actor.”

“You learn to write by writing. You learn to be a writer by writing.”

“There is no such thing as a 'type' of actor. You are either an actor or you are not.”

“I don't really have a process. I'm not a method actor.”