Joe Taslim Quotes

I've had probably way too many acting classes, and you try to sort of shed - I think over a period of time, you'll shed what doesn't stick with you, and you'll hang onto those things that do.

I'm not the best actor I can be, so I'm just working on it. I'm not the quickest reader in the world but when I get an acting book I can read it in two days.

I've got to see my movie to see how I'm acting, see what little things I can learn about my craft.

From an acting standpoint, when I was a kid, I thought I knew everything there was to know. As the years go by, this craft becomes more intensive as I get older. You realize how much more there is to know and to learn, and how much better you can get, if you really work at it.

I want to challenge myself as an actor.

I love acting classes. I think they're great. It's like working out in the gym. It's a great place to figure out everything that's working and what isn't working.

My modus operandi is to become a better actor.

As an actor, you keep learning. There's no end to it.

I plan to take time out and read, learn, and absorb more about acting.

One of the things I love about acting is that there is always scope for growth.

I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.

The last person to teach me how to act was my A-level Theatre Studies teacher at school, which I literally still draw on. Got an A!

My ambition is to get better as an actor.

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

I had to study acting to basically educate myself.

My acting coach makes the impossible accessible.

I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then.

What's beautiful about the actual acting class environment is that you can use it to push through everything: push your voice, push your inhibitions, push your fears, push your confidence, push your vulnerability, push your silences.

I'm always trying to improve my skills as an actor. I think it shows in 'El Gringo;' it shows in the new 'Universal Soldier.' You can't rest on your laurels; you've got to keep improving.

I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things.

As an actor, you're constantly looking to be pushed.

It took many years of acting classes to get even remotely comfortable, but that's OK. It helped me so much on a personal level, not to mention professionally.

I've been to acting coaches and everything, but they had to open me up and all that, so now I'm getting better with it.

Ryerson helped me because I was around acting all the time. It was pretty much all I thought about, even if I didn't really get to practice every day; I definitely thought about it. Actually a lot of it was just sitting and watching, especially in my last year, but I think a good actor learns from everything.