Edward Herrmann Quotes

I feel that I am a good actor.

I enjoy working with actors so much and having the chance to be surprised by them.

I am an actor, I can do any role.

A good part's a good part. You can play serious and funny moments with a well-written role.

I didn't want to be stuck in Dickens period dramas because then I would never know if I was any good.

I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman.

I hope I'm always convincing when I act!

People know my background and for people who need an improviser, I'm one of the people they think to use if I'm appropriate for the part.

Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.

An actor has to embody a role.

I'm an actor. I try to play a character in a really cool story, the very best I can.

Acting for me is like a ping-pong game. That's the secret of acting. When you have a really good actor, I always want to be as good as he is or she is.

As an actor, I am meant to dabble with different themes and genres.

As an actress, my best tools are my emotions and expressions.

I play one role until I take on another, which is exactly what a professional actor should do.

It is very nice to have good actors with you.

I am open to playing character roles.

Acting is not my forte.

I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character.

If I was on a 'Modern Family' kind of show, and they said, 'You have to say that the burger is $5.55; Have a good day!'... I could do that!

I think all great actors - and I don't classify myself as one of them, incidentally - but I think all great actors listen well and I've learned that from a lot of the very good actors with whom I've worked - to really listen to what people say.

All I can do is do my best work, try to create the best kind of moment to moment reality that I can do. That's what I do. I'm an actor. And all the rest of it is like baseball. You hit the ball. Sometimes it goes in the hole. Sometimes it goes to the player.

I don't get called very often to play innocents.