More Thoughts on Acting by Actors
Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself – Sir John Gielgud
I’m looking for the truth. The audience doesn’t ome to see you, they come to see themselves – Julianne Moore
I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being – Oscar Wilde
A lot of young actors will do a scene and then run off and look at themselves. I don’t believe in that at all – Charlotte Rampling
Find in yourself those human things which are universal – Sanford Meisner
I love strange choices. I’m always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory – Cate Blanchett
Honesty isn’t enough for me. That becomes very boring. If you can convince people what you’re doing is real and it’s also bigger than life — that’s exciting – Gene Hackman
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions – Aristotle
When [actors] are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor – Cedric Hardwicke
Acting is a question of absorbing other people’s personalities and adding some of your own experience – Jean-Paul Sartre
One of the things I like about my profession, and that I find healthy, is that one constantly has to break oneself to pieces – Liv Ullmann
An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so he must be willing to accept all experiences that life can offer – Marlon Brando
For fast acting relief, try slowing down – Lily Tomlin
I love acting – truly my favourite people are actors – Sean Penn
