Acting Coaching
Actors' motivational quotes for acting
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In this section you will find actors and directors' quotes and tips for becoming an all-around artist. The quotes give advices and hints on how to improve diction, acting or filmmaking skills. Sometimes, talent is not enough for performing on a high level: listening to the advice of those who have made it is also important. Actors and directors give their best quotes to motivate young artists during their journey of growth and artistical maturation.
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“When you get a sex story in biblical garb, you can open your own mint. ”
“When you find out a thing goes pretty well, you might as well do it again.”
“Remember you are a star. Never go across the alley even to dump garbage unless you are dressed to the teeth.”
“To be a success an actress must have the face of Venus, the brain of Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory or Macaulay, the figure of Juno and the hide of a rhinoceros.
”“The concept is interesting and well formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.”
“Never treat your audience as customers, always as partners.”
“Sell yourself first, if you want to sell anything.”
“I always try to improve, to find new ways of expressing myself, to keep looking for truth and originality.”
“Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order.”
“An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be to try and play Shakespeare.”
“To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.”
“An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.”
“When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.”
“Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals.”
“All you owe the public is a good performance.”
“Once they get their hooks into you, you're a dead pigeon.”
“You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.”
“A lot of my best parts I've been the second choice for, so you never get too egotistical about anything.”
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