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.
“You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.”
“From the beginning I've thought the key to this games is to be in it for life.”
“It's such a luxury to be able to be happy about going to work in the morning.”
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“Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written.”
“If you have fun and keep a good attitude, people want to work with you.”
“There's no experience like on-the-job training.”
“It's really important to stay engaged and involved in the character.”
“It's rare when you have everything going perfectly all at the same time.”
“I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it.”
“I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.”
“I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films.”
“You must find the note, the correct key, for your story. If you find it, everything will work.”
“Sometimes, just sometimes, I want desperately to be a director.”
“I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater.”
“I realize that I am never going to grow up.”
“I hope there's some kind of morality in all my work.”
“I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.”
“I never studied directing and I never really thought about doing it, and then I just found myself in that situation and tried it.”
“I can get very philosophical and ask the questions Keats was asking as a young guy.”
“I can consider myself my audience.”
“I'm a strong-minded director with a very clear sense of what I want to do, and I just want to be left alone to do it.”
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