Kristen Wiig Quotes

I was trained as a dramatic actor. I'm really excited to do some more dramatic stuff.

I know at some point I would like to take on more dramatic roles.

I had done acting at school, and it felt like something that came very naturally to me.

The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself.

I didn't want to be stuck in Dickens period dramas because then I would never know if I was any good.

For me, acting is doing.

I enjoy doing drama, and I enjoy doing comedy equally.

I went to drama school and, after that, went to Paris to train at a place called Ecole Philippe Gaulier. When I came home, I realised I'd have to have a serious stab at it. I didn't have an agent and didn't have the traditional drama school showcase, so I started a comedy group with a couple of friends.

Comedy and drama are both challenging to me.

I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.

As an actor, if you were to simplify what acting really is, it's about letting go.

I'm an actor, I'm not a comedian, I never was a comedian.

With modelling, you provide an image that is fake; with acting you have to provide an image that's real.

I was a coat-checker at Orso, and all these wonderful actors were coming in, and it was exciting to me, so I started going to classes, and my excuse was, 'I'll be a better songwriter if I can understand how to play a character.' Well, that couldn't be farther from the truth.

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.

Acting? No, it is not for me. I would be terrible.

There's no mystique to acting. It's only common sense - and a bit of courage.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

I'm kind of thinking that I might start trying to do some acting. I really enjoy role play.

I'm an actor. I want to do drama.

The reason the contracts are so long is because actors are very spontaneous; we may want to do Shakespeare one day and be Porky Pig the next!

I went to drama school. I'm classically trained; I studied Shakespeare, blah blah blah. But I always preferred to do Oscar Wilde, or Shakespeare's comedies over his dramas.

The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life.

Acting is very start and stop.