Joey Ramone Quotes

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

As an actor, I am meant to dabble with different themes and genres.

I not only loved studying theater, I loved being a theater major. It gave me an excuse to brood, to grow a beard, to wear black 'at' people. I didn't just want to play Hamlet, I wanted to be Hamlet.

I knew it would be hard work, but that's the reason you're an actor. If you're a bricklayer, you don't want to just show up at someone's house and put a little row of bricks around their garden. You want to build a building.

As an actress, my best tools are my emotions and expressions.

As an actor, I draw from myself.

All I know about acting is that I just have to keep on doing it.

I've always been interested in music. In high school, I did a lot of musical theater, and I loved it.

Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

I was a youngster looking up to dudes like Vicky McClure, Joe Dempsie and Michael Socha - in fact, he was a big influence on how I was able to detach drama from the all-singing, all-dancing stigma.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

Acting takes so much energy.

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

I'm a mezzo-soprano, so the whole diva thing... I'm not the kind of performer who puts on a persona off-stage as well, and the days of arriving with steamer trunks and hat boxes are over.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.

I'd love to do drama if it was interesting.

I like to stretch my acting muscles.

I would love to play Bobby in 'Company.' Also, I would love to play George in 'Sunday.'

An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be to try and play Shakespeare.

As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.

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

I started doing drama after school, and it just developed into something that I did and I enjoyed very much.

The thing about acting is you have to wait to be asked to the dance.