Delta Burke Quotes

Nick Lea is a great actor, and doing scenes with him was always awesome.

When you're feeling very comfortable with an actor, you are doing nothing.

Chemistry is one of these crazy things you can't teach or learn or you can't fake. You go in hoping it will work, hope that you will connect with the other actors. I was fortunate on 'Modern Family' and 'The Procession.' They are great people, very easy to like.

I feel very privileged to have worked with a lot of outstanding actors: Alun Armstrong, Peter Mullan, Matt Smith and Andrew Garfield.

I remember I did the movie 'Eulogy,' and there was a dramatic moment in it. It was pretty heavy, and I went for it. It was... I didn't feel that comfortable doing it.

When you are comfortable with your co-star, it reflects on screen.

Acting, for me, is giving to your co-actors.

Your crew becomes your family and you trust the director and the other actors on the set, and it's a very safe place.

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

When you are an actor, you have to stay inside this world, but when you are with the crew, on the outside, you are in the dirt, working through all the issues. It's just a different way of working, and I think I preferred it.

The art of acting is to pitch good. You do the pitching and hope that the other person catches the ball and does some good pitching back to you.

I've worked with actors who were very helpful and a lot better than I was.

I liked a lot of the scenes I did with Ryan Phillippe.

The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.

On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it.

It's all about the director for me; we have to click. It's a trust thing. I'll say I'm ready to let down my walls. I'll cry for you as long as you need. But you're going to have to hug me afterwards.

The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.

You can't just go in there and open your mouth until the cast and director feel comfortable with you.

I love actors, and I'm very protective of them. I trust them. It's a mutual trust.

Working with the likes of Joseph Fiennes was just an incredible experience.

On 'Workaholics,' I feel like I'm just hanging out with my buddies being filmed, but on 'Mindy,' I'm around professional funny people who act. Guys like Chris Messina, who are the real deal. I watch what they do and put my own spin on it.

It's been a lot of fun getting to work with Tracy Middendorf, who plays my mom. As an actor, it's always fun to have different parents and to create different familial dynamics than you have in your real life.

I've made great friends through acting. When I'm with Victoria Wood and Julie Walters, we have grand fun. We can make each other howl with laughter because we know each other so well.

All the other guys I think had a scream on Lock, Stock. They just had a laugh and a crack, and thought it would never come out; they were just having a good time. On this one, I felt that.

You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story.