Tammy Blanchard Quotes

I would absolutely recommend for actors to start in the theater because it establishes a foundation in your craft that you can build off of.

My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.

I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with.

I don't think film actors need training, really.

I thought acting was all about natural instinct but I've realised, through working with so many talented actors on 'Wild Swans' and 'Run,' that I can see the training. That's why I am back at drama school.

I run the Actor's Studio on the West Coast, and one of the things I say all the time to the people I teach - many of whom are acting teachers - is that an actor needs to make choices that make him present.

I have a coach, but I'm not theater-trained or a technical actor.

Drama school can't make you a brilliant actor, but you can do stuff for three years - you're not going to be fired. You should just go for it all, even the stuff you think is codswallop.

I don't have actor training myself.

A solid theatrical education can only improve a screen performance. It gives you a fuller capacity to read a script and understand a character, for one thing. It's important to alternate between the two activities.

I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.

If you want to be an actor, you need to learn how to act first, even in sketch comedy.

My style is an extension of acting and an outcome of some serious lessons I picked up learning when I did theatre in my early days.

Because I trained in theater, I always leave a film shoot feeling like I haven't done anything, like I just sat in front of the camera and whispered, essentially.

It's not like every actor needs to train, but an actor will either develop their process through training or through working.

For me, there's nothing more valuable as an actor, or better way to learn, than getting to perform in front of a live audience, no matter where you are. Whether it's on Broadway, in Florida, or doing a tour.

As an actor just learning the craft, you literally do a scene with Jimmy Gandolfini, and you walk away a better actor.

I had no real experience studying acting; I came to it having done other things for a living for many, many years, and I have this gigantic respect for experience and technique.

An amateur can be great in front of the camera, but you need an education to get on stage where you have full control as an actor.

Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.

I am a proud participant of the Spencer Tracy School of Acting: Know your lines, don't bump into the furniture.

Watching a good actor is the best way to learn.

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been on stage with different directors. That was a pretty good school room.

I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me some of the best training you can get.