“A friend of mine introduced me to the Actors Studio and Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro and Gary Oldman. It really was a revolution for me.” – Giovanni Ribisi
“As an actor, I got so many things like, ‘He’s not cute enough.’ ‘He’s not tall enough, he’s not this enough. He’s great, we just went another way.’” – Director Richie Keen
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“As an actor, I’m always trying to learn constantly. Always trying to hone my craft.” – Michael Xavier
Tobias Menzies: “One of the great luxuries when you have a bit of time is that you can give yourself a few different routes through a scene”
“The only thing that works is hours and hours of saying them over and over and over again” – David Oyelowo
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“When I booked ‘This Is Us’, I had 81 cents in my bank account” – Crissy Metz
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“Start with yourself and see what kind of lines up with the character” – Jeff Bridges
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“I always sort of look at filmmaking as an exercise in collective madness” – Dan Stevens
One way Mahershala Ali – especially while working on multiple projects at once -is that he makes music playlists for each individual character
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“As an actor trying to find your spot you’re just generally happy to get a job and keep your SAG insurance.” – Nick Offerman
“On Game of Thrones, [Drogo] doesn’t say much. So how do you convey him? There’s nothing in the script.” – Jason Momoa
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“A lot of people say, ‘What’s more important: acting, singing or dancing?’ And I say, always acting.” – Sutton Foster
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Hedges speaks about starring in the Oscar-winning film and his latest role in an Off Broadway play.
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“I’m 26 and, like most actors my age, hungry to show emotional range.” – Dev Patel
“You never do an impression, and yet I felt somewhat obligated to kind of simulate his attitude and his sound” – Michael Keaton on Playing Ray Kroc
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“I have to find an identifier, a silhouette which immediately radiates something for me.” – Tom Hardy on Creating a Character
“I’ve always stuck to a similar approach with each job. Show up on time and prepared, and pay attention.” – Viggo Mortensen
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“I listen to music of the time and I only deal with family and friends that are on the film” – Octavia Spencer
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“I really think about acting in two different parts. There’s convincing and not convincing acting.” – Tom Hardy
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“When I suddenly feel like I can’t find my footing, I listen to a song or look at a photograph or read an essay, and reconnect with what I felt the essence of the character was.” – Greta Gerwig
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