Thomas Gibson Quotes

From an acting standpoint, when I was a kid, I thought I knew everything there was to know. As the years go by, this craft becomes more intensive as I get older. You realize how much more there is to know and to learn, and how much better you can get, if you really work at it.

I'm grateful to be in school developing my practice as an actor. In that process, it's difficult to say that you've definitively 'learned' something.

I love acting classes. I think they're great. It's like working out in the gym. It's a great place to figure out everything that's working and what isn't working.

I'm not the best actor I can be, so I'm just working on it. I'm not the quickest reader in the world but when I get an acting book I can read it in two days.

You can't learn how to act; you can only really learn it through experience and practice and really finding what your voice is and what you want to be as an actor.

I plan to take time out and read, learn, and absorb more about acting.

I don't take acting classes - I'm quite an autodidact. I prefer to learn from other actors by watching various movies. Evaluate my acting, spot the flaws and fix them.

I've not taken like acting lessons or anything but it doesn't mean I don't need to because I'm sure I do.

My acting coach makes the impossible accessible.

I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things.

As an actor, you're constantly looking to be pushed.

To be honest, I never went to school for acting, and I never learned to break down a script. I took acting classes my whole life, but they never taught me anything about acting. They just taught me about myself.

I want to challenge myself as an actor.

I have to evolve as an actor.

My modus operandi is to become a better actor.

I'm a self-taught actor, which means that I had to learn everything on my own, as I wanted to know the craft deeper and deeper.

As an actor, you keep learning. There's no end to it.

I am learning the grammar of acting on the sets. And I am happy that way.

I'm taking my time with the acting and learning as I go.

I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.

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.

Everyone brings their own particular skill set to the job, and acting training can work for a lot of actors, and it can't. I've seen a lot of really good actors go into acting schools and then come out a little bit corrupted.

My ambition is to get better as an actor.

I've got to see my movie to see how I'm acting, see what little things I can learn about my craft.

My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into these actors who have never been on stage, and it's invaluable for an actor. What you will learn about yourself is huge.