Chris Geere Quotes

I don't like going for more than a year without doing theatre. I don't mind falling flat on my face so long as I feel I'm open to the possibility of something extraordinary happening.

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

The theater, for me, has always been a place where I'm free to be more creative, a place to sharpen my tools.

Meeting with the director is an audition.

When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

I am fortunate that people have given me the opportunity and confidence to go all out and have fun with the characters I play, and try something new each time.

It's true with fashion, acting, anything: Make sure it's timeless, but at the same time, there's got to be a little hint of risk.

Acting is so much about waiting... waiting for an audition, waiting for the right part to come along. It's nice to write your own thing, write about what you're feeling and then go out and perform them. It's a nice thing to have and not get bored.

Dancing and acting satisfy me in different ways.

T.V.'s weird because it's both the greatest gig as an actor potentially because it can be all this work for all this time, but there are so many question marks at every stage of the process.

If I get a chance to act, I will act. And then I'm usually the happiest person around.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

I'm not opposed to auditioning. I love auditioning. It's one of my favorite things.

Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.

I couldn't be 'Johnny' in front of a camera in acting jobs and behind the camera I like to be 'Michael.' With directing, you can't do it by halves. There's a lot of reflection, and I have found that I, as 'Michael,' thrive on it. It's lovely coming home and feeling that stuff from a day's work as myself.

No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely.

Well, acting itself is a form of rebellion, always. Getting up there in front of people, telling stories - you're kind of going against the grain to begin with, wanting to do that, don't you think? Why else would you do it? Except maybe as kind of a way to affirm your very existence.

Theater is a way to keep challenging myself.

Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.

Dancing was my sport when I was younger. So I chose that over everything. And then, I just had to keep going because it became a competitive thing. But I'm not trying to impress anyone anymore. Dancing is more like my art, now.

I love to act, and I try to be challenged by what I do.

It's like a cast of actors; you're all working together closely under pressure to produce something everyday. And when we put up an issue, it's like the curtains opening on a new play. I really like that daily sense of surprise.

I don't like to reduce a role to fit me. The challenge to me is to expand to it. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. But that's the challenge of it.

I don't work out a lead section and practice it for a day and then lay it down. I don't do that. The first time I do something I think is expressive or really cool, that's what's actually on the recording.