Patton Oswalt Quotes About Acting

Quotes about: Acting

• I really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it should affect the acting. And I just want more interesting jobs. I just want to keep doing stuff that's different, rather than saying, "Okay, I've become known for this, and I'll just do this from now on." If I feel like I've done this one thing, I never want to do it again. I want to do something totally different.

  Patton Oswalt

  Interesting, Acting, Different

  Source: film.avclub.com

• As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is very imaginative.

  Patton Oswalt

  People, Acting, Method

  "Patton Oswalt Talks YOUNG ADULT, Charlize Theron, Future Projects, and More at SBIFF". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 5, 2012.

• Any acting job that I ever got, I always treated it like I was a neophyte, I didn't know what I was doing and I was going to work just as hard as I do on my stand-up.

  Patton Oswalt

  Jobs, Acting, Going To Work

  Source: collider.com

• I identify myself as a stand-up first. Even though lately there's been an explosion of acting on my schedule.

  Patton Oswalt

  Acting, Schedules, Firsts

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I'm going to continue to try to strike a balance, because I really, really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it should affect the acting. And again, I'm not going, "I've got to become a dramatic actor now." I just want more interesting jobs. I just want to keep doing stuff that's different.

  Patton Oswalt

  Jobs, Interesting, Balance

  Interview with Scott Tobias, film.avclub.com. August 26, 2009.

• Beyond any role that I ever had, really early on as a stand-up, I would see actors decide to try it and they would bomb miserably. What I realized was that stand-up, acting and writing are all their own disciplines.

  Patton Oswalt

  Writing, Discipline, Trying

  "Patton Oswalt Talks YOUNG ADULT, Charlize Theron, Future Projects, and More at SBIFF". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 5, 2012.

• With acting, you see some of the kids are literally just off the street, untrained, and they are great. And others are off the street, untrained, and kind of horrible.

  Patton Oswalt

  Kids, Acting, Kind

  "Patton Oswalt on his most memorable roles and giving life advice to Dane Cook". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. September 19, 2012.

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