Acting Quote by Brian J. Smith Download Open image “I try not to read acting books any more, but they set a high bar for me very early on.” — Brian J. Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acting Books Early High More Try
I'm not the best actor I can be, so I'm just working on it. I'm not the quickest reader in the world but when… — Evan Peters Copy Share Image
As far as books getting turned into movies, I fared very, very well. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We didn't have a television, so I grew up with books. This isn't to suggest I'm an intellectual, but I do read a lot… — Stephen Rea Copy Share Image
Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old… — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
My favorite acting books are Stella Adler's 'The Art of Acting' and 'Sanford Meisner on Acting.' — Krysten Ritter Copy Share Image
A lot of times, you're not necessarily off the page because you haven't been able to take the time to prepare a character. It's… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life. I take a book with me everywhere I go, and find there are all sorts of opportunities to dip in. The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as in long swallows. Waiting rooms were made for books— of course! But so are theater lobbies before… — Stephen King Copy Share
There are scenes from books I'm happy with. I tend to think my books are all broken. But then my favourite reads are almost… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
I try to really focus on the actors I'm working with and kind of read and respond to their behavior. — Jaime Murray Copy Share Image
I'm just not a good reader, so I haven't been able to sit down and get myself through an entire book in my whole… — Billy Burke Copy Share Image
In the wake of such bad news, it was heartening to know that what 'Sense8' stood for meant so much to so many people. — Brian J. Smith Copy Share Image
I will say, I quite enjoyed 'SG-1'. I'm a very big fan of 'SG-1'. I especially love Ben Browder. I thought he did fantastic… — Brian J. Smith Copy Share Image
When you think someone really has the upper hand, you realize that someone has been played the entire time, and there's a whole other… — Brian J. Smith Copy Share Image
I've been doing sci-fi for two years, and there is always something big going on. The stakes are always huge. You're fighting for your… — Brian J. Smith Copy Share Image
When you have 12 hours of storytelling, the cool thing about it is that you get to really leave people with question marks, but… — Brian J. Smith Copy Share Image
You're not supposed to do a television series that takes place in nine cities all over the globe. Everyone will tell you that that's undoable. — Brian J. Smith Copy Share
As storytellers, we tend to want to force-feed everything and have everybody understand everything right away, and we freak out if they don't. — Brian J. Smith Copy Share Image
What is it like to get in someone's head and hunt them from inside their eyes? That's so freaky to me. — Brian J. Smith Copy Share Image
People aren't making as many movies as they used to, so youve got a lot of really big-name actors who are coming in, and… — Brian J. Smith Copy Share Image
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional WWF wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon , Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a great career out of it, and they found a way to do it and still be cool guys, so that's kind of where I want to be. — Kenny Wormald Copy Share
Acting is a grind, just like music is a grind. Sometimes it takes longer than what you can give. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it as something mercurial that required all the right conditions, but now I know that even if I don't get any sleep, I can still work, I can power through. The stars don't have to be perfectly… — Laura Regan Copy Share
Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid… — Liv Hewson Copy Share Image
It was only when I went to acting school that I was like, "You are absolutely such a pigheaded freak show that you thought… — Giles Matthey Copy Share Image
It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
The show was number one in the ratings, Gordon Russell was our head writer, the story lines were magnificent and the acting most exciting.… — Michael Storm Copy Share Image
