Laura Spencer Quotes

Acting takes a lot of practice, but so does auditioning.

Giving auditions is a great exercise. They will provide you with a script, and you prepare in 10 minutes. And you perform in front of 100 other people.

Acting isn't that hard, really. I mean, I think that people make a big deal about it, but you just kind of try to say your lines naturally.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

I've never found acting that difficult.

I think my best teacher and my best study was theater in general. It taught me a lot of patience and a lot of hard work, and I think that theater teaches you that you've got to know your stuff because you only get one chance.

Acting is the only thing I'm even vaguely good at and acting is something that I think I do know about.

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.

The best actors do not let the wheels show.

I grew up in Georgia, and I started acting in plays when I was like eight years old, and I always memorized everyone's parts, not just my own, and I always memorized everyone's blocking. Whenever anyone wasn't there, I would always jump in. I was very hands-on.

A role like I had on 'Parks and Rec,' to me, is very easy to understand, and that's something that I can do with my eyes closed.

It's fun finding your way to the performance instead of coming in and hoping to God you're impressing the director - and hoping you're delivering the lines right with no treatment beforehand.

As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where, I think, everyone can do the job, and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.

I have always been dramatic, so I think being an actress comes naturally to me. I think I am pretty good at it.

To be a good actor, you need to be able to emote with your body.

Every time you play a different role with different actors in different locations, you're developing a greater level of comfort in the act of doing this, which is why you're getting better all the time.

I believe an actor should be shameless.

All that acting and all that stuff and emoting and crap will come after you know what you're doing. So when you get - when I get on stage, I don't have to think about it.

Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.

I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself.

Acting has always been something I've wanted to get into. I think the best models are actors; you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition.

Acting takes so much energy.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

I'd also like to do a play. I've never done theater, and constantly changing and refining a performance is something I'd like to do, even though it may sound like work to some people - and it probably is work.

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.