Andrea Navedo Quotes

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.

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

There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode.

I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.

When you're on an ensemble show and you're messing around with everybody every day and you're not in every scene, and then all of a sudden you're in every scene, it's rough.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

I had always sort of done dramatic things, and I love them; it's my background. But when I think about 'Fresh Meat,' I just think about the cast and the crew that we had... we just had a great time.

Working in theater, film, or television are three different jobs for an actor, and I accept them as such.

When you do a play, you have all this time to rehearse and grow into the character. In television, even though you're waiting and waiting and waiting, once you're actually on set engaging in the scene with another actor, time is of the essence.

Playing a real-life character is definitely a lot more responsibility than one that is fictionalized.

Having to walk and talk and hit a mark and open a door proved nearly impossible for me. I suppose that's why we're on a reality show and not 'Mad Men.' Because we don't act.

Taking a role in a drama series takes a lot of energy, as new episode must be made every week.

For me, as an actor, going from TV to film was interesting because TV and film are two very different things.

Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

Acting was always a secret desire of mine when I was growing up.

I have theatre-training, I love doing theatre, I've done Broadway.

I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.

To play different characters on a TV show where you're working every day, playing multiple characters every day, it's so ridiculously intense.

I have had a lot of training as an actor, but it's very different than being on set.

Well, I love acting, and I love acting quick.

I've learned almost everything I know about acting from my dad.

Throughout your whole career, there's a bunch of people you might have to kiss. Say there's this character opposite you, and you might not be into her - or him, personally. You just gotta' do it. That's your job.

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.

When I was doing 'All in the Family,' half the time, I was looking at where the cameras were, where were the other actors in the scene, what the audience was doing.

It was really fun being in Tara's trailer, working on my lines. Tara is such an amazing actress. She's so good at what she does. I learned a lot from watching her.