Bette Davis quote on wonder and acting.

28 09 2006

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
Author: Bette Davis





Kathy Bates quote on how she makes her characters come to life..

27 09 2006

I always have to sort of fall in love with my characters. When I work on these characters, I just try to make them very real and grounded in the world. It’s just the regular work that I do on a character with the director, trying to find out who this woman is and what’s her backstory.
Kathy Bates





Sandra Oh quote on being a working actor.

26 09 2006

As a working actor, all I want to do is work. That’s it. It’s terrifying when you don’t work. It’s very hard when you don’t work. There have been times when I’ve been out of work for like six months. I feel theatre to me is like manna.
Sandra Oh





Marcia Cross quote on acting.

26 09 2006

I couldn’t do an acting job just to be working. It really had to have some soul to it.
Marcia Cross





Nicholas Cage quote about how to be a good actor.

25 09 2006

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.

Nicholas Cage.





George Burns Quote on acting.

21 08 2006

Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
George Burns
US actor & comedian (1896 - 1996)





Rachel Weisz quote on acting.

17 08 2006

You just have to play every scene honestly and forget about a reaction and what the audience is going to think. I think the more seriously you take something, the more funny it might be.

Rachel Weisz English Actress.