Believable Acting Quotes

One would expect an actress to stand onscreen mostly as a caricature. If she would say, "I'm selling shoes," you would believe her. She says it and it creates this fiction, non-fiction perception of the film. People believe it because she says it. If she said, "I'm a butcher," people would believe it too, I think.

Acting of some actors seems natural, because they have no talent.

You never want to just be outrageous for outrageous' sake 'cause then it doesn't work, and it's not believable. You want to be as true to whatever character you're playing.

Actors that don't look like they're acting and stories that are told well inspire me.

The best actors do not let the wheels show.

If a scene isn't honest, it stands out like a sore thumb.

When you're acting on TV, you want to keep it real.

Our job, as actors, is to just try to be as accurate and as mindful of what the audience is going through and receiving and processing. If it's a situation where the character should look a little bit out of control or do something stupid, it's your job to act into that, in a believable way.

How do I transform and be believable as Krogstad in "A Doll's House" or Sir Peter Teazle in "A School for Scandal".

She didn't need to go to acting school to learn that the essence of acting is to act like you're not acting.

As an actor, I like my films to be believable.

People are surprised when Hollywood characters act the way a real person would.

I feel like I express myself, as an actor. Whatever the character is put in front of me, I try to bring truth to it, whichever way it lands. I try to bring as much truth to it and make it as believable as I can. I think that's the job of an actor.

As an actor, your main goal is to tell the truth.

It's surprisingly hard to play a vampire and feel believable. I mean, you want to be able to at least believe yourself.