"It has taken me all these years to learn to do nothing on screen..."

Some experienced actors will make statements along the lines of, "It has taken me all these years to learn to do nothing on screen - I just think it."

Young actors, reading this, joyfully rush in to do the same and find to their horror that their performances don't exist, they are invisible. This is because the experienced actor now puts her thoughts onto her face without realizing it, and thinks she is doing nothing.

- Patrick Tucker's "Secrets of Screen Acting" 2nd edition

"If you have a distortion between what you feel and what you reveal, you will have a difficult time booking consistently." - John Sudol

"...who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.”

“Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding or escaping or seeking anonymity. I reserve the right not to have a rubber stamp on my forehead saying this is who I am. Because who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.” - Alan Rickman