Robert Duvall Quotes About Acting

Quotes about: Acting

• I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character.

  Robert Duvall

  Teacher, Character, Acting

• I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet!

  Robert Duvall

  Character, Acting, Different

• It's like kids playing house: 'You play the father, I'll play the mother.' You know, you dress up, you play, they pay, you go home. It's a game - acting's a game.

  Robert Duvall

  Mother, Father, Home

• Some people say, 'Do you have any theories on acting?' And I say, well maybe: I think you can start with zero and end with zero. You don't have to go anywhere, you don't have to go for the result.

  Robert Duvall

  Zero, Thinking, People

• Stripping away artifice - it's the constant standard I aim for in acting, to approximate life. People talk about being bigger than life - but there's nothing bigger than life.

  Robert Duvall

  People, Acting, Bigger Than Life

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