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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“It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.”
“It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting.”
“I always tell actors when they go in for an audition: Don't be afraid to do what your instincts tell you. You may not get the part, but people will take notice.”
“If I were a serious person, I'd probably have a real job.”
“I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.”
“I never want to feel like I've achieved my goal. It's like Chinese farmers. They never admit that it's a good season. They feel like they'll be punished.”
“I feel like I'm wasting time if I repeat myself.”
“I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future.”
“The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they're dancing and singing. As long as you're having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they're gonna feel that.”
“I am completely open to doing a romantic comedy, but I will never do something just for the sake of doing a specific genre or because it's the time or place to do a different type of movie. I think that would be a huge mistake.”
“I get unhappy doing things that I'm not passionate about. Because I feel like I'm squandering this incredible gift I've been given to finance films. As soon as my name alone was enough to make this happen, I vowed to myself that I was going to work with directors who were changing cinema, doing something important, you know?”
“Work never killed anyone, it's the pressure that's bumping people off. Regardless of who I'm talking with, if I become uncomfortable I walk away, spit twice, take a deep breath and count to sixty. It took two of the finest specialists in the world to teach me that.”
“Let's not limit it to Hollywood - it's this country of yours with such friendly people - they've brought me out. Losing my shyness has made me what is laughingly called 'blossom'. ”
“Actually I never felt I would succeed on the screen. This I must face, I'm not the greatest beauty in the world.”
“I'm overpaid, over-stimulated, over-hyped, over-age, but I am the only person in our business who'll admit it.”
If I ever start talking to you about "my craft" or "my instrument," you have permission to shoot me point-blank.
“To become a good actor, you have to keep watching, and if you see nothing worth copying, you'll see something to avoid.”
“If you have physical attractiveness you don't have to act.”
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