Rick Hoffman Quotes

I'm an actress. To be honest, it's a very awkward business. It's one of those things where it's almost like a first date. There's a way you want to come across. You want to show your goods. The truth starts to slip out sometimes.

I can't watch myself on screen without dying a little bit inside. And there are lots of moments when I think, 'What am I doing as an actor? I can't act!'

When some people get parts, they feel they can now relax, but for me it was always the opposite. Sometimes before I do a movie or before I act out a scene, I may not sleep well the night before. If I don't know what the scene is about, I might get all worked up.

I was really awful at auditions. There's something about sitting down and saying into the camera: 'I'm Nina and this is the name of my agent.' That makes me just die inside.

I find performing very difficult. It's difficult to be a good actor. I get very nervous, even though it sounds disingenuous, because you could legitimately go, 'Well, why do it?'

I think I failed miserably on NewsRadio. I was very nervous because of the caliber of the cast - especially Dave Foley - so I think I did a terrible job.

I was kind of reluctant to sing on the 'Housewives' because there are so many 'Housewives' that are singing that can't really sing. I didn't want to get out there and sing and not be taken seriously.

I'm always nervous doing auditions - to be honest, I hate it. I always envy the actors who are so cool and cold-blooded when they go in for an audition, especially if it's for a part that you would really love to play.

I'm just terrible at auditions. I don't know how anyone does it.

My problem with being an actor was that I was far too shy to actually do it.

I'm really vulnerable onstage because it's just me. I'm not really trying to put up a front or act a certain way.

For me, acting is becoming naked in front of people, you know? And when you know in the back of your mind somebody is testing you, you cannot really bare yourself. That's a feeling I always have when I'm auditioning.

You're in a scene with Laura Linney or Oliver Platt or John Hickey or Alan Alda and these amazing actors and actresses, and you're like, 'Oh my God, I haven't even started; I'm nothing compared to these people!'

I think every role that I go up for is daunting.

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.

After every single take, I laugh. It's my own awkwardness and discomfort about being an actor.

All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.

If you don't have a certain amount of stage fright, then it's not going to be that interesting. It's not going to have the inner vibration. I think screen work needs inner vibration.

The judgment, criticism, and rejection you face as an actor can be overwhelming.

I used to cry on the way to auditions.

I'm not really the type of person that can sit and watch my own performances.

When I did 'Guffman,' it was terrifying. I didn't know what to say. I started talking, and it just came out.

Acting with my parents was nerve-wracking. If they watch me act on the sets I feel nervous and blocked.

I don't ever feel like I'm being an actor.

I don't really like to audition, and that works against me. It's bad to be an actor and not like to audition.