Judy Greer Quotes

That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: 'Use your eyes!' Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge.

You have to show the character is confused or scared or happy through your voice instead of with your face and body.

Doing voiceover is so much fun because you can play with the lines as much as you want. You can put a whole bunch of energy into it, jump up and down, whatever you got to do.

Voice acting is very different from live-action. You only have one tool to convey emotion. You can't sell a line with a look. It's all about your vocal instrument.

Body language is essential for an actress, even if you don't use your body in an athletic way. Just to be free, to use it like your voice. A body can be small and have incredible violence. A body talks.

Actors always start with the voice and language. That's wrong. They should start with the body. The body is an actor's most important resource.

To me the voice has always been the way to start any character. Once I find that, I'm good to go.

I feel like I'm more of a physical actor than a voice actor.

It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling when you wrote the song. They're the same thing, in a way; it's expressing your emotions through words.

You have to do real acting, not just do a voice.

When you sing a song the way I sing it, you have to use your whole body. It's almost like working out.

Every role is physical to a certain extent, but as a viewer, I don't respond well to actors doing more than they need to tell a story.

I like to think of myself as a physical actor.

With voice over work, you need to convey as much emotion as you can without making any physical movements, so it's hard. You've got to visualize everything.

Character acting is a much braver pursuit than a guy who runs around and intermittently clenches his jaw muscles.

How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.

I think there's something to be said for being physical in acting.

I'm pretty much of a physical actor.

When I am in the sound booth, I am trying to convey as much as I can through just my voice.

But the throat just kind of falls into line once you realize in your head what it is. You got to remember the musicality of a character you're going to do.

I really think that effective acting has to do literally with the movement of molecules.

Acting is very physical, even when it doesn't appear to be. It's about the arc of your body's language through a film.

The voice is always the starting place for me with a character.

Dubbing is an important part of acting, and I feel complete only when it's my voice that is heard. Having essayed the character, I know the kinds of emotions that are required for each scene.

To be a good actor, you need to be able to emote with your body.