For me, acting is a series of impressions rather than trying to find one line through to the end, which risks becoming more of a presentation.
I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special.
The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a great entertainer, and I always thought that was a good concept to bring along, that ultimately acting is an entertainment art and you have to be aware of the fact that you want people to be excited to be watching you.
I'd love to do acting, but it'd definitely have to be comedy. I can't do serious. It's completely beyond me.
I have no complaints with the whole childhood acting thing, because I wanted to do it.
We aren't, as human beings, very good at acting in our best interest.
From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.
I still do my comedy and my performance stuff and my acting so it's not all-consuming. But I do find myself drawing more and more these days.
My acting range has always been something between the two extremes of 'raises left eyebrow' and 'raises right eyebrow.'
I love acting; I love movie sets and movies, but, at the same time, there's something about the position of women in that world that frightens me a lot. I find it nearly inhuman to be an actress.
Right now music is more my outlet than acting, but I'm waiting for that one satisfying role.
Maybe I'll go to acting school. Acting is like boxing, you know.
I'm in a happier place because my dreams are coming true. I'm acting in feature films, and I'm travelling the world. Before, I was just broke.
Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.
I think acting is my destiny. I did my first film when I was just eight. However, I never took that role seriously.
I took an acting class with Louise Lasser, Woody Allen's first wife and co-star in many movies. I've done some other indie films, if you look on the YouTube. I love acting - it's great.
I've been acting since I was 5, literally since I could walk, and I've always said, 'I think one day I have to be in a fat suit.'
Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they're in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find ways to release this kind of thing. And for me, it's acting. I find acting very therapeutic for whatever it is.
I've certainly had less practice at fatherhood than I have at acting, but in fatherhood, at least my failures are private!
Acting and modeling have nothing to do with each other.
And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow.
I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, 'Who's that?' But this got me started in acting.
Comedians like to see people smile. With acting, I love giving people a feeling, an emotion. I like to give people a feeling. When they come away from my scene, I want them to think.
I just want to keep being creative, and I want to feel inspired by a role, and I want to keep acting.
Either systems are in balance or they are falling apart. If people are acting in what appears to be a twisted way, I want to know the reason for that.
Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone.
One of the joys about acting is researching.
Acting is the most wildly overpaid position imaginable.
The big secret in acting is listening to people.
When I'm onstage, I'm acting.
Knock wood, but I started acting professionally when I was 16, and I've always been able to support myself since then.
My belief about acting in one foot on a banana peel and the other one in the grave.
The experience of both acting and producing has been wonderful. It certainly has created a full plate. But it is very exciting and rewarding to have creative input on the show. 'Reed' is about love and family and for me, playing a hand in shaping it has been deeply gratifying.
In acting, you can't do things for the money. You've got to do a project because you like it.
To me acting and singing are worlds apart.
