“It’s a difficult job; there’s a lot of waiting around, and I think #actors can feel disempowered if they’re not working. You’ve got to be pretty resilient and you’ve got to be pretty thick-skinned to make a career in #acting.” #actorslife buff.ly/2W9isrz

"With sex scenes in particular, it always has to be choreographed like a dance... You’re the director, you know what you want from this, so you have to just tell us. And everyone will feel comfortable." #KieraKnightly #acting #actors #actorslife #setlife buff.ly/2Tcd3Or

“A simple #ringlight is all you need for a self-tape. There are standing ring lights your camera or smartphone can be placed in the center of, as well as the very cost-effective tiny ring light that clips onto your smartphone” #acting #audition #actorslife buff.ly/2Y80R4T

“Obviously, you can’t allow your #acting intentions to suffer in the process of becoming more still and more quiet... But it’s worth the effort. Record yourself acting in a close-up and really notice how much extraneous energy you are exhibiting.” #actors buff.ly/2TfgXGu

"What happens when I start to work on a role is it gets into my body and I transform somehow, I don’t really know how—physically? My thought process is different and rhythms become different." Kyle MacLachlan #acting #actors #actorslife buff.ly/2Tc9Dez

“Actors are both blessed and cursed with heightened self-awareness... Just because you’re not where you think you should be, doesn’t mean you’re not in the right place at this moment... Be kind to yourself and acknowledge that you’re on a journey.” #acting buff.ly/2XVFkwu

"My biggest challenge was finding [the character’s] voice. I wanted to find a way of speaking that was not me and that made you think of her and her energy." #PenelopeCruz #acting #actors #actorslife buff.ly/2Tc9Dez

“Get as much experience as you can so that you have the skills and the tools to be able to make your career. It also gives you more opportunity for your work to be seen rather than sitting and waiting for the phone to ring.” #acting #actorslife #actors buff.ly/2W9isrz

“I feel like it’s better to do one thing well than five different things marginally well. Because then you feel good about yourself and you know you’ve given it your best. Enjoy where you’re at.” AnnaSophia Robb #acting #actors #actorslife buff.ly/2Wba0bo

"Your action is depending on what you need in life as that human being [the character]... How does that inform your objectives? I guarantee you, if you answer the question of the need first, that’s a way more interesting actor." Viola Davis #acting #actors buff.ly/2ud92iT

“I always try to create some kind of #backstory... but every script is different. Some are very factual, [in] some you have tons of information about someone, some are limited. But that’s the fun part of this and where your imagination comes in.” #acting buff.ly/2To0anN

“I think it makes people very uncomfortable when you take something that’s sexualised and then show the ugly side of it.” #acting #film #theatre #storytelling @Racheldoesstuff buff.ly/2VerEOc

“The things I’ve done that I liked, I’ve always done against advice. The bad films everybody was high on. The good films, they advised me against.” #KirkDouglas (keep an open mind) #acting #amacting #actorslife buff.ly/2T742Z3

“it takes me quite a long time to recover if I see myself on screen. Because all my fears about my inadequacies are confirmed when I watch myself. I know there’s an answer, and the answer is, get over yourself. But that’s hard” #BillNighy #acting #amacting buff.ly/3aqBoZS

“I was not trained. I didn’t even know how to break down a script...Had someone just taken me when I wasn’t ready, maybe I would’ve gone out on auditions and been horrible and those doors would have been closed to me. I’m glad someone told me no.” #acting buff.ly/2TmdMQy

"If you have to do it, you will. If you don’t have to do it, you won’t." #EdHarris #acting #actorslife #amacting buff.ly/39pLZUW

"If you can’t talk someone out of #showbusiness, then they have a shot... Tenacity is almost more important than talent. It’s equally as important, for sure!” #MarkHamill #acting #actorslife #amacting buff.ly/3cvFuBV

“When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.” #LucilleBall #acting #confidence buff.ly/37WbfjP

“I often don’t think of how an audience is viewing a character. I think you can’t. Otherwise you stand outside of it too much. Even running a clearly unpleasant character... I’m in it, I’m taking his side." #WillamDefoe #acting #onset #actorslife buff.ly/38R2Sr9

“That’s the edited me...a curated collection of the aspects of my personality, my understanding, my conviction. And that’s not always what you’re dealing with in the portrayal of a character, but that’s the fit in this case. Fits like a glove.” #acting buff.ly/2wBPNUp