Hunter Tylo Quotes

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

As humans, we've all experienced some level of pain. Acting is just a matter of accessing and magnifying these emotions.

I think as an actor, you have to make yourself vulnerable to emotions.

The worst acting is about imitation.

What's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their eyes. But in life, it's not that way.

If you can just actually let the character be for a bit, then you get the right sense.

I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.

To be an actor, a true actor, you have to be brokenhearted.

As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance.

I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That's the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

For me really good acting is about subtext.

The imagination is part of the arsenal that actors draw from.

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

The hardest role that I've ever tried to play was Clara Johnson in 'Light in the Piazza' at Lincoln Center. It was the least fun I've ever had, but the most beautiful experience I've ever had. I could not understand her. I could not put my feet in her shoes. I came home every night, and I was depressed.

As an actress, you have to give your character a life, a history, and make it full and rich for yourself.

If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.

I think as an actor you have to be open to your emotions - that's how you tap into other characters. Besides, by being so open I've come to terms with how screwed I am!

The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something.

I think actors are brave souls that have to use parts of themselves that I'm just not comfortable doing anymore.

It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him.

I was a student of Stella Adler and then later Lee Strasberg, and they were into sensory work. At its best, acting is not about words - even when the words are important.

I don't believe there is any character that one can play for that long and not bring a piece of you to it.

For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.

Drama is hard for me. Crying is much harder for me than laughter.