A life contemplating the blessings of Christ becomes a life acting the love of Christ..

For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle, confronting some stern and faceless judge who would condemn me to a….

Of course, you can never watch something like somebody else watches something like you, but nonetheless, you have to try. So I think on camera you le….

That's one of the most important things about acting is not just when you're speaking but when you're taking in from someone else. So I often go to t….

As an actor, you want to be open to the unexpected. So in order to be open to that, you do have to get out of your discursive mind just like in any c….

If you think about what acting is supposed to be, my job is to disappear..

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul..

Anytime someone can beat the acting out of someone else, I think its a wonderful thing..

Acting on even a twig of faith allows God to grow it..

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school..

You must have a twinkle in your eye, a naughtiness - and the audience must realize your mind is working faster than your words..

If that day comes when I'm done with the acting and singing, I'll just pack it in and go home..

Not to get overly psychological about this, but it's probably why I became an actress in the first place: for that kind of freedom and refuge, as wel….

I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well, but is inte….

Even dramatically how you position some person, the depth, the existence [in 3D] is different than a flat image even though by itself it has depth, w….

Psychologically, you learn the values that are inherent in the dialogue, and you learn to apply it to the way you read the lines. That's acting. You'….

And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it an….

You don't go - oh this is a motion capture role, I'm going to employ this method of acting. We don't have anything to hide behind when we're doing th….

The whole chameleon thing about acting. That's why I'm moving towards directing - it's a much more healthy occupation..

There is nothing worse than bad drunk acting..

[Greek] Theater started off and used masks and Kabuki, in the East, they used mask-work. And then, Commedia dell'arte in Italy and then, you know, we….