Lauren Hutton Quotes

I had worked with many actors who were angry at times and often found them to be tense.

I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.

The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests.

The first time I ever screamed at someone was in a scene, and I'd never screamed at someone in my life.

It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.

When you perform, you can convey emotions differently, and your look can reflect each of those emotions.

You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.

Stage is definitely my home first and foremost - I still feel like I'm yet to earn my stripes on set.

Once you don't smile on film, they say, 'Let's have that bloke who doesn't smile.'

An actor's life is like a series of - it's like the first day of school happening over and over again.

I was that kid who was always practicing crying or falling asleep or being angry or being excited. I was that weirdo in my room making faces.

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

An actor's body should be full of emotions, whether it is happiness or sorrow, pain or joy, enraged or elated.

The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something.

I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them.

One of the things I'm always reminded of when I'm back on stage is how much you have to be aware of and in control of. There is no tight shot. There is no 'we're only shoulders-up this time.' No, from the top of your head to your pinky toe, you're telegraphing part of the story the entire time you're up there.

In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to create conditions that create tension, because tension is what makes drama feel real.

You'll never see a good performance out of me, in terms of a character, when the camera isn't rolling.

Nobody can understand the pressures of doing an hour-long TV show unless you've done one. Even when you're not on call, you still are working, learning lines, doing appearances, just tense.

I feel like I could carry a movie or a show, and I'll mess up here and there, and I'll learn from those things.

The eyes are the windows of your soul, and when you're acting, they're one of your most important instruments. Especially for close-ups!

When you're always onstage, you really have to focus on listening and reacting.

I certainly hated actors and, more importantly, they hated me.

I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well.