Stage Acting Quotes
Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he's that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it's not, I assure you.
Tags: Acting, Easy, Good ✍ Author: Michael CaineMy wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own.
Tags: Acting, Movies, Wife ✍ Author: Eli WallachActing is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of a closet. It's there one night and it's gone the next, at least with stage acting anyhow.
Tags: Acting, Night, Off ✍ Author: Charles DurningStage acting is for me the basic form of acting. If you make films all the time, you have so few possibilities to rehearse. And it's important to rehearse, because it gives you the possibility to try things which are not good!
Tags: Good, Time, Try ✍ Author: Erland JosephsonThere's no doubt that I owe a lot to my training of stage acting.
Tags: Acting, Doubt, Training ✍ Author: Denis Lavant