Adam Lamberg Quotes

I was delighted to have lines when they came - learning lines for film isn't a problem, but television is a little different, because we shot those shows the whole way through.

One thing I've really never had a problem with was memorizing lines. Most of the time I don't memorize the lines until we're on the set shooting the scene.

Soaps are the best. They really are. If you can do a soap, well, you can do anything. You have to learn pages of dialogue very quickly.

People always ask about learning all of your lines as an actor, and it's generally the easiest part of the job.

Being an actor is actually pretty easy if you can memorize lines.

I normally go through every single line as part of my warm-up before a show. When I'm working on a film or TV programme, there often isn't a rehearsal, so I tend to learn my lines much later. They are often shorter, too, so they're essentially just there.

The only set thing I do is that I really, really memorize the lines. I've gotta be so comfortable with the words.

I went along to the audition and I had one page of lines, and I didn't think it went particularly well.

I'm just always learning lines. I've learned to flag the really crucial scenes, and I start figuring them out and committing them to memory as soon as I get them.

I learn my lines in a few different ways. A lot of my dialogue sticks with me in a general sort of way when I read the entire script for the first or second time. Then, when I get the shooting schedule, I have a better idea of what scenes are shooting when. I then will focus on those that are coming up first.

Even though I was playing myself on 'NCIS,' it was so cool to see how everything works behind a camera.

You might have, as a character, 30 pages of dialogue a day if you're what they call a 'front-burner story.' So you go home, you learn your lines for the next day, you get up, you're there at 7 in the morning, you do a quick rehearsal, you're on camera, you might leave, you know, at 7 at night and start the whole thing over again.

By the time I got to the Fox studio for my first major film, I knew how to hit a mark. I knew how to memorize lines. I knew how to pay attention.

And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

I've done films where we don't rehearse, and I've done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals.

People ask me, 'How do you remember your lines?' That's nothing. That is the least of my concerns.

There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.

I'd never done a straight play before, never, and it was very hard work - really, really hard work. It was dense, really wordy, and I was determined to learn every word of it - not just skip over bits and pieces.

I have a hard time retaining the lines. Even on set I make mistakes but I'm okay with that.

What I do is just go over and over and over my lines and learn the script so well that I can just be easy and relaxed. That's the way I always work.

I have nothing but admiration for the actors on soap operas. It is unbelievably challenging to put out an hour show in one day.

Memorizing dialogue has always come easy and quickly to me. My wife Eileen is also very helpful. She gives me choices, and asks me questions, and runs my lines with me.

If I have an audition, I go to the audition in character. I'm in character when I walk in the room. I mean, I'm still sweet to everyone, but I'm very much the character.

Doing scripted acting is a challenge to me. I can't remember things too good, so remembering lines is a challenge to your boy.