Craft Quotes

“Every character you play, you have to find some way to love them.”

“Acting is a really strange thing. You have to know when you're lying and when you're not.”

“You have to be willing to be a fool to be a good actor.”

“I'm not a Method actor. I'm a classical actor. I believe in the text, in the author's intentions.”

“I regard myself as a craftsman. I don't have any messages to give. I am a filmmaker.”

“The worst thing a writer can do is to be boring.”

“I'm a character actor. That's what I do.”

“My mother, a fashion designer, taught me how to sew and how to use fabrics and textures.”

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

“I would like to carve my novel in a piece of wood.”

“I love the craft of acting, but I don't like the celebrity part of it.”

“The joy of acting is to be able to be other people. I find that fascinating.”

“Acting is about finding the truth in the moment.”

“I think every actor should go back and do theater periodically.”

“Light entertainment is a difficult thing to do. It's easy to do badly. It's very difficult to do well.”

“Songwriting is a muscle. You have to keep it in shape.”

“Historians should be looked upon as members of a craft, guild, or profession, not as a separate race of beings.”

“For me, the camera is a character. It's a presence. It's a partner.”

“If you are a writer you have to be a bit of a chameleon.”

“You can't do a voice-over and be thinking about the grocery list.”