I wasn't acting on passion. I was simply acting..

[Voice acting] is such an easy job. It's like stealing money, really. Which I'm always happy to do..

Being able to do lead roles in pictures or onstage or whatever it is that you're doing in acting is obviously what you strive for because you want to….

I-just-got-off-the-bus-and-I'm-really-excited-and-ambitious-and-I-took-an-acting-class-in-Des-Moines-and-I-know-I-really-need-an-agent-and-I-want-one….

Acting is a different discipline. On stage I'm free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya..

I'm always changing and learning about acting, and about myself. I just hope to always keep doing that..

Acting is what I've pursued since I was a child..

I didn't get into acting to have a moment, I got into it because of people who've inspired me, like Judi Dench, Holly Hunter, and Jodie Foster..

Everything that you do is a challenge. And acting is just building up your concentration and being able to listen and to do the ridiculous..

In the right situation, acting on television can be extraordinarily satisfying creatively. But that's incredibly rare. Otherwise, it can be like work….

Acting, music, painting... it's very subjective. So what I might think is a great actor, you might think is not a very good actor at all..

The place you have to start to be any good at this, at acting, is with yourself. Everything is inside of you, all of it - the murderer, the great mot….

I love constructive criticism. I love getting notes when I'm acting. I love them telling me what to do. I don't always agree with it, but I really ne….

On stage I just have to be myself. In acting you have to be so many other people..

You have to live a life to become a writer..

From an acting point of view you need to look at what you're bringing in..

The music industry is so fickle, there's so many politics. I think a lot of people don't pay attention to the credits or the artistry no more. I thin….

Begin within. If it shows up in your life, it's coming to tell you something about you that you're acting like you don't know. Something about yourse….

Music is the reason I'm doing movies; I do credit that. But acting is an escape route for me..

Storytelling is my currency. It's my only worth. The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating….

Stop thinking schoolishly. Stop acting teacherishly. Stop talking about learning as though it's separate from life..