Joe Morton Quotes

As an actor, my job is to go to the set, read my scene and perform to the best of my abilities.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

As an actor, you pay attention very closely to everything that happens to you, and you're constantly watching others as well, trying to just find out where everything comes from.

I'd always dabbled in acting.

I try to be a good, diligent actor.

I like the idea of acting. Of all these things I've done, sometimes I think I've done well, and sometimes I think I didn't do well, but they are more cameos, and I come in and be crazy.

I love to prepare for my roles.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them.

I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater.

I was trained as a dramatic actor. I'm really excited to do some more dramatic stuff.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

By the time I got to the Fox studio for my first major film, I knew how to hit a mark. I knew how to memorize lines. I knew how to pay attention.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

I think all great actors - and I don't classify myself as one of them, incidentally - but I think all great actors listen well and I've learned that from a lot of the very good actors with whom I've worked - to really listen to what people say.

I've never committed to a role without a script.

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.

All the things you can do to prepare for a role that free you, in the moment, are great. You have this muscle memory for things. You don't have to act it as much, once you've done it enough.

I just arrive, they hand me a script and say, do it.

Acting was my first love.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

As an actor, you don't know what is going to come next.

I'm so into playing different characters, even when I was on Nickelodeon. I just observe.

Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted.