Acting Coaching
Actors' motivational quotes for acting
Topic description
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.
- Also found in Motivational Quotes
“I really want to do good work. I really do. My priority isn't stardom.”
- Also found in The Art of Acting and Filmmaking
“You need to be real enough to be believable, but you don't necessarily have to be real enough to be real.”
“I think anybody can be a good actor.”
“The great thing about doing theater is that you get to do it better the next night.”
“It's actually meditative to sit in a character for an extended period of time.”
“The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it.”
“Every actor should take work seriously, that's why they're actors.”
“If a character is convincingly expressing her or his humanity, they will be able to expound on any intellectual or scientific subject.”
“I don't think actors should have to do anything but come in and act.”
“When you do something well, this is the best job in the world.”
“I don't think you go to any school to become an actor.”
“If you go in and audition for roles rather than just be offered them, then you kind of get a chance to kind of discover that you can do something that you didn't think you could do.”
“About the best thing an actor can do when all is said and done is to make people laugh.”
“If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.”
“I don't have a lot boundaries and I'm trying to remember that the world is watching.”
“I think as an actor you want to keep being challenged.”
“Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.”
“For everybody, the tide comes in, the tide goes out - if you're an actor, particularly.”
“When you do a stinker, you learn how to act. ”
“Confidence is everything in this business.”
“I think the first thing is don't give up. If you love the craft.”
“You don't worry about being liked. You have to be yourself.”
“One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.”
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