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> [Often actors ask me if I think they should go on trying to be an actor. I have the same answer for everyone who asks: If you have a choice and could reasonably be happy doing something else, by all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/often-actors-ask-me-if-i-think-they-should-go-on-trying-to-be-an/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

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## More by Michael Shurtleff

> [Often actors ask me if I think they should go on trying to be an actor. I have the same answer for everyone who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/often-actors-ask-me-if-i-think-they-should-go-on-trying-to-be-an/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

> [That's why there's so little romance in our world now: everyone thinks romance is weak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/that-s-why-there-s-so-little-romance-in-our-world-now-everyone-thinks/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

> [There's only one reason why a character drinks: to seek confrontation. To fight for what they want in ways normally denied them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/there-s-only-one-reason-why-a-character-drinks-to-seek-confrontation/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

> [“Conflict is drama.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/conflict-is-drama/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

> [Consistency is the death of good acting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/consistency-is-the-death-of-good-acting/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

> [Conflict is what creates drama. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/conflict-is-what-creates-drama-the-more-conflict-actors-find-the-more/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

> [If we lived for reality, we'd be dead, every last one of us. Only dreams keep us going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/if-we-lived-for-reality-we-d-be-dead-every-last-one-of-us-only-dreams/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

> [We don't live for realities, but for the fantasies, the dreams of what might be. If we lived for reality, we'd be dead, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/we-don-t-live-for-realities-but-for-the-fantasies-the-dreams-of-what/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

> [Everyone thinks romance is weak. Yet romance is everyone's secret dream-it's why we're alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/everyone-thinks-romance-is-weak-yet-romance-is-everyone-s-secret/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

> [ Humor \[in a scene\] is not jokes. It is that attitude toward being alive without which you would long ago have jumped off the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/humor-in-a-scene-is-not-jokes-it-is-that-attitude-toward-being-alive/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

> [Every scene is a love scene. The actor should ask the question: 'Where is the love?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/every-scene-is-a-love-scene-the-actor-should-ask-the-question-where/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

> [Every scene you will ever act begins in the middle, and it is up to you, the actor, to provide what comes before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/every-scene-you-will-ever-act-begins-in-the-middle-and-it-is-up-to/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

> [An actor must make his needs (goals, wants, objectives) so strong that he is willing to interfere with the other actor in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/an-actor-must-make-his-needs-goals-wants-objectives-so-strong-that-he/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

> [ Competition \[in a scene\] is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/competition-in-a-scene-is-healthy-competition-is-life-yet-most-actors/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

> [Competition is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get along. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shurtleff/competition-is-healthy-competition-is-life-yet-most-actors-refuse-to/)

[Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shurtleff/)

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