Jeff Nichols Quotes

Actors put ourselves in awkward positions all the time.

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

I've never so appreciated what actors do and how strange it is.

The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.

You'd be surprised at how undemanding acting is.

I have never really believed that acting is very difficult. I think some people have a skill and are able to act, and if you have that natural gift, it's not difficult.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

It's a strange thing we do as actors. I'm walking out the door, and I'll say, 'O.K., honey, I'm off to take my clothes off.'

I think of myself as an actor. The duty of an actor is to be able to impersonate anything - a child, an old man, a tree, a chair, a woman.

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

All actors are on the run from some demon or other.

I think I started out just loving the attention. But that's changed into a real love and passion for my profession. Acting has never lost that challenge and excitement for me.

People take years learning how to act; it's a skill, not just a job. If I tried it out and thought I'd be OK, then perhaps I'd go for it, but it's not the kind of thing you can get into just because of your looks.

What do I love about acting? I love traveling, meeting new people, exploring and just doing what I love.

Making a film or doing a play are completely different experiences and entirely fulfilling, but completely unique. I also think one complements the other. People often say that theater is about flexing your muscles, and is actually real acting, whereas I sort of disagree.

I've always been fairly confident in my acting.

I really enjoy acting. I feel I'm getting better and better with each movie I make.

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

Actors are like magicians. They'll sit there and do all their tricks to each other. It's very competitive, and the goal is to get them bonding, to get them to know the real person as quickly as possible.

While I find my job as an actor challenging, I also think that there's fun in that challenge.

I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling as I thought it was in the Eighties.

I kind of dwindled into acting.

I always thought I was a pretty terrible actor.

As an actor, you're always changing.

I think to be a good actor you need either a good experience of life or education, or both.