Norbert Leo Butz Quotes

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.

I'm a task-oriented actor. A pretender. And I try to invent my process anew each time I make a new project. So I frown on any method.

The best script in the world doesn't work perfectly when you actually act it out. That's a law. That's a given. So you have to play with everything. And the more fun you have with it, the better the finished product.

When I go to sleep, I want to know that I have experimented as an actor, and I am constantly seeking to evolve.

Definitely when you give a script to an actor, it's like dropping a capsule in water and the fizzing starts. That's when the thing starts to live and breathe.

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

I went to a lot of theatre schools, got a lot of training, did a lot of repertory where you do a different play every night. I took a lot of voice, movement, and acting classes.

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

I don't really prepare for roles. I just kind of do them!

As an actor, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world.

I have just gained a deeper and deeper respect for acting and the whole art of it because you're really trying to live a life and to do the best justification for it.

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

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

I love an acting challenge, and I love getting to sit down with my script and do all my drama work.

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.

In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private.

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

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.

As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters.

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

I like acting; I like being lost in the creative process.

I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.

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

I truly love the rehearsal process, those eight hours a day! I really love actors.