Acting Quote by Annette Bening

British acting is undoubtedly based in text, and American acting relies more on behavior. That's speaking very generally.

— Josh Dallas

I believe, and this is perhaps too nationalistic a view, that the American style of acting puts actors quickly in touch with each other,…

— Arthur Penn

The American actor is much more used to being physically relaxed and using their bodies better, and English actors are a little bit unrelaxed,…

— Miriam Margolyes

American actors are very different to British actors who have generally studied and been brought up culturally with the sense that the writer is…

— Joe Wright

I've found a lot of the thinking in America is that a lot of people become actors to become famous. At least from my…

— Nolan North

I think on both sides of the pond, there are pros and cons to TV and film, and I think that there are things…

— Cush Jumbo

In England, when we're at drama school, we spend a lot of time learning the craft from playwrights and stage actors, who are very…

— Sam Claflin

I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them.

— Alan Ball

A lot of British actors will look at America as a land of opportunity. In England, there's such a small pool of working actors…

— Aml Ameen

I love a certain kind of acting style that I would call non-American, which tends to be more detail-oriented and less externalized. There's a…

— Ira Sachs

I have done film, television and theatre - all at a pretty substantial level - I don't think it's possible for American actors to…

— Helen Mirren

English actors feel vaguely apologetic for being there at all. American actors know that the most important thing is to get one take out…

— Helen Mirren