Josh Radnor Quotes

Acting and singing are actually very similar because they're both telling a story.

As an actor, that's the best thing you can do, really take people along on a story and tell them something.

I loved doing 'Homeland.' I loved playing Brody.

The interesting thing about doing serial television is that the character is growing separate from you, the character and the show are growing, and you get to observe that and participate with it in a way that I think is actually really exciting for an actor.

It's why we're actors: to be able to tell the stories that really matter.

Fine-tuning a play like 'Uncle Vanya,' which is already well-known to the people playing it, is not so much a verbal exercise as it is a visceral one.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

It doesn't matter how beautifully a film is photographed. The acting tells your story. It's what people relate to. If you don't believe the characters, it doesn't work.

If you are writing a story and trying to draw an audience to come and hear you tell it, it's got to in some way relate to them. Who wants to come and hear about your specific problems? It's not therapy - it's supposed to be a communal piece of entertainment.

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.

For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you.

I love the simple poetry of theater, where you can stand in a spotlight on a stage and wrap a coat around you, and say, 'It was 1860 and it was winter...'

Every time you get on a stage or in front of a camera, the whole exercise is about imagination. You're constantly depicting something that doesn't exist, and trying to find the reality of it. Once you settle on that premise, everything else is a matter of degrees.

Acting is the most communicative thing I can imagine doing.

I'd love to do a film. I'd love to play a character that I know the beginning, middle and end of.

I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.

I usually don't find myself reacting to my characters. I just create them ... And let the audience decide whether they're empathetic or scared or compelled to cheer me on.

I care about all the characters I play, and I get quite defensive about them.

I'd play the same character for ten years if the words and the moments that I'm playing are authentic.

Acting isn't necessarily pretending. It's storytelling. It's giving someone your perspective on something.

I had begun to write novels because of a fierce, self-serving impulse in my own heart. I had not considered the potential in a book for felt communion, the bright largesse of intimately participating in the lives of other people.

Inside of all the makeup and the character and makeup, it's you, and I think that's what the audience is really interested in... you, how you're going to cope with the situation, the obstacles, the troubles that the writer put in front of you.

I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint set, and the colors are always exciting to choose.

I love the feeling I get when I'm on a set; I love reading the scripts, playing the characters, getting to be someone else.

Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.