Heidi Klum Quotes

You can't learn how to act; you can only really learn it through experience and practice and really finding what your voice is and what you want to be as an actor.

I'm not a good actor.

I am a terrible actor.

The trick to acting is not to show off; it's to think the thoughts of the character. I was lucky because when I started acting, it was doing jobs above pubs. I learned to act in anonymity, so by the time people saw me, I knew what I was doing. I was crap for years, but no one saw me being crap. It's a trade you learn.

I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor.

I always thought I was a pretty terrible actor.

It is so funny because I was always embarrassed because I never had formal training in acting.

I'm not a very good actor.

Let's face it: I was never a very good actress.

When I'm acting well, it's the most exhilarating experience. When I'm bad, it's miserable.

I don't think I am really awesome. I think I have basic qualification to be an actor.

I can't say I'm confident in my abilities as an actor.

I'm taking my time with the acting and learning as I go.

When I first started my acting career, I only knew what my acting teacher taught me. When a director gave me an impromptu direction, I didn't know what he wanted me to do, and I wanted to escape from the place.

Because I didn't go to drama school, I didn't start in the business with any toolbox apart from enthusiasm and instinct. I'd throw everything at a part and sometimes realise that I had hit my limits.

I did one or two plays at school. Once I played a tree, so I never thought I would be a good actor.

I have had a lot of training as an actor, but it's very different than being on set.

I pray and try every day to be a better actor.

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.

I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on 'Homeland.'

In the acting world, you can really only become good by practicing and doing it, and I just think every time you walk onto a set you just become better and better. I think I'm in a totally different space than I was back then on that first movie set.

I was terrible in my first play. After that experience, I had to face that I wasn't good enough to play with the big boys. I had to go away and learn, so I worked in regional theater for three years. I even understudied at the Kennedy Center.

The hardest part of acting is not when I'm acting, It's when I'm not.

I recommend doing some sort of acting class, something that can eventually get you in front of an agent or a manager, and practice is very important.

My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into these actors who have never been on stage, and it's invaluable for an actor. What you will learn about yourself is huge.