Asks Quote by Samuel L. Jackson

I am a spontaneous actor. I don't like giving more than two takes.

— Shefali Shah

I approach music and acting the same way, through spontaneous improvisation. I never really try to rehearse anything, do it over and over, except…

— Matt Schulze

Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can

— Cillian Murphy

I came from a theater background and always wanted to act.

— Dan Levy

I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took…

— Olga Kurylenko

Acting is like music and you improvise. It's like jazz, there's no rhyme or reason to it. It's not a plan. You practice to…

— Denzel Washington

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even…

— Christopher Walken

Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.

— Adam Driver

Early on - certainly in acting - you really have to take whatever you can get. So I understand well how difficult it can…

— Oscar Isaac

I can't act. I simply must be myself, do the things that seem natural to me. When I get with a director who wants…

— George Raft

I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.

— Stephen Frears

I don't have any plans to pursue film acting. It's not my thing anymore, if it ever was. Yes, I do still act sometimes.…

— Mara Wilson