Colin Firth Quotes

As far as being an actor is concerned, you have to have passion. If you're not bringing the passion of the character into the room with you, you might as well not come into the room at all.

Actors are born, good actors are trained. Dancers are born, good dancers are trained.

I love doing characters that surprise people and showing what I am, which is an actor, first and foremost.

I started working on stage as a dancer when I was four; by 14 or 15, I knew I wanted to study the craft of acting.

Actors can be many things - vain, venal, self-serving, obnoxious, bullies - but all of the good ones are great storytellers. I wanted to watch what my actors were doing and how they were telling the story.

I definitely feel like, as a singer, I've been able to transition into acting because I always saw them in the same vein. It's all about connecting and telling a story.

When I saw my first movie, I was fine, but I thought, "Oh, my heavens. It's not about just standing there on my mark and saying these lines. I need to actually act."

Acting has been described as farting about in disguise.

I was trained by Method acting teachers and we were taught that aside from whatever gift you may or may not have or the level of that gift, that you were obliged to know how to build a table. It's a craft. It's like being a ballerina or a violinist.

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

I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.

The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting.

I am really not of the school of naturalism. I like style, and you can use more style in theater than in film roles. I love to sink my teeth into a part.

I think acting is a gift. I look at someone like Ben Kingsley, and he's incredibly charismatic, even when he's not acting. He's an incredibly hard worker, and he has a very specific system that he does with his work.

I think acting is a gift.

I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it.

I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done.

I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect.

I was always one of those fortunate people who never wanted to be anything other than a singer and an actor. Most people know me as a singer, but I am also an actor.

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

Evan Rachel Wood is the best actress I've ever worked with, hands down.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.