Acting Quote by Merritt Wever Download Open image “I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.” — Merritt Wever ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acting Jokes Poetry Used Work out
Reciting poetry isn't acting, it's memory work. Actor's are deceivers. People who pretend to be something else for a living aren't right in the… — Hetty King Copy Share Image
I always felt that my way into comedy would be through my writing rather than my acting. — Simon Bird Copy Share Image
Poetry is almost like my foundation for everything. I almost feel I am a better actor and writer because of it. — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
Acting is something I've always wanted to get into - you memorize lines when you write your rhymes. — Torae Copy Share Image
Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing. — William Collins Copy Share Image
Poetry has in a way been my bridge to my acting career. I had so many questions about my life, so I took to… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
With lyrics, being a poet gave me a different approach than other people. — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you've lost the whole thing. — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
I have spoken to many broadcasters about bringing poetry to television and they're usually not keen. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
Good acts are like good poems. One may easily get their drift, but they are not rationally understood. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
When I first started doing my stand-up act, I played the banjo, did comedy, magic tricks, juggled, read poetry. I stuck it all in.… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
There's a lot to be said for getting really comfortable in a character. — Merritt Wever Copy Share Image
Broadway is like a club I haven't been invited to, and I'm hoping that maybe they will give me a guest pass one of… — Merritt Wever Copy Share Image
I do think there are trends in your life once youve been auditioning long enough. I was the angry teenager and then the sweet… — Merritt Wever Copy Share Image
I wish feminism wasn't so scary to people. It should be an evolving concept. I think it's an umbrella term to embrace conflicting ideas. — Merritt Wever Copy Share Image
I grew up in New York, and I grew up with a mother who was an arts lover herself, and I went to these… — Merritt Wever Copy Share Image
I never saw the premise as 'Godless' is the story of a town full of women. I always saw 'Godless' as being made up… — Merritt Wever Copy Share Image
You want to work on something that people watch and that people like. — Merritt Wever Copy Share Image
I have to do some mental gymnastics as an actor sometimes, to remember not to let certain things in. — Merritt Wever Copy Share Image
I went to really good New York City public schools that had arts programs. So in junior high, I got into the drama department.… — Merritt Wever 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… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
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… — Laura Regan Copy Share Image
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
