Naseeruddin Shah Quotes

Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.

Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

An amateur can be great in front of the camera, but you need an education to get on stage where you have full control as an actor.

I don't have actor training myself.

I really feel that acting for film and acting for the stage are two different crafts. I think that they share things in common. But I liken it to a painter switching over to photography. There are similar things - you have to be conscious of light and color and form - but it's a whole different medium.

If you want to be an actor, you need to learn how to act first, even in sketch comedy.

I don't think film actors need training, really.

I thought acting was all about natural instinct but I've realised, through working with so many talented actors on 'Wild Swans' and 'Run,' that I can see the training. That's why I am back at drama school.

My style is an extension of acting and an outcome of some serious lessons I picked up learning when I did theatre in my early days.

It's not like every actor needs to train, but an actor will either develop their process through training or through working.

I learned how to act working in TV.

As an actor, Coppola trained me. That was my training ground.

Any skill requires training. I took the corporate approach to acting and wanted to develop the necessary skills.

I love the art of acting, so I don't care if I'm in a movie with 10 people, two people, or by myself. I just really enjoy it.

I have had a lot of training as an actor, but it's very different than being on set.

I've learned almost everything I know about acting from my dad.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

Watching a good actor is the best way to learn.

I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been on stage with different directors. That was a pretty good school room.

Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far.

I would absolutely recommend for actors to start in the theater because it establishes a foundation in your craft that you can build off of.

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera.

Acting is a growing tick muscle. I really believe that it's similar to being a musician in that the more you practice it in any capacity, as much as you practice doing it every day, the better you get.