Jack O'Brien Quotes

You're not going to learn about acting on TV and in film. You'll learn more in plays and in class.

Working with a great actor is really educational.

I went to NYU Tisch for undergrad, and it was amazing. My life then was extremely experimental with acting. I did crazy theater where we would be rolling around on the floor. I would be playing grandmothers, and clowns, and all this crazy stuff. Then I would be doing Shakespeare eight hours a day.

As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting.

Ryerson helped me because I was around acting all the time. It was pretty much all I thought about, even if I didn't really get to practice every day; I definitely thought about it. Actually a lot of it was just sitting and watching, especially in my last year, but I think a good actor learns from everything.

I have never been to an acting school, and on the sets of 'Karwaan,' Irrfan was my acting school. By observing him, I learnt to improvise in the scenes along with focusing on the smallest of the details.

I know that I want to consistently return to doing plays. That's one of the most important things because I think it's the best place for me to learn how to act.

I have learnt to become patient as an actor.

I'm an actor's director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life.

I went to drama school in the U.K., where we did endless Chekov plays.

It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.

You learn an incredible amount doing theatre, not just about to behave.

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting.

I had to learn a lot on 'Victorious' because I had never done multi-camera before. It's like music: You need to be on it, and there's no room for subtleties.

It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing.

It's a funny thing. You sort of never figure it out with acting. You're always learning.

I think every actor should go back and do theater periodically.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.

I'd like to work with any actress from whom I can learn-one who has had many experiences with many directors and is willing to share some of her knowledge with me.

I have been doing acting my whole life. I did plays in high school. I take it pretty seriously. I used to do a lot of Shakespeare and Shakespearean festivals and monologues.

I'm an actor. I love to create.

I actually did Shakespeare when I was at North Carolina School of the Arts. I studied with Gerald Freedman and Mary Irwin - it was fun; I enjoyed it.