"Every scene you will ever act begins in the middle, and it is up to you, the actor, to provide what comes before."

-Michael Shurtleff

"Listening is not merely hearing. Listening is reacting. Listening is being affected by what you hear. Listening is active."

-Michael Shurtleff

"I love acting. It's my playground, it let's me explore. But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting."

-Chris Evans

The lesser-known story of Audrey Hepburn: An adolescence marked by war, terror and broken dreams.

Hepburn’s childhood was marked by her parents’ separation. Born in Brussels in 1929, she soon entered a boarding school in the UK while living with her father.

After the outbreak of World War II in 1939, her mother decided she should move with her to the Netherlands, where they believed they would be safe from the conflict...

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250406-the-lesser-known-story-of-audrey-hepburn-an-adolescence-marked-by-war-terror-and-broken-dreams?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

"Every scene you will ever act begins in the middle, and it is up to you, the actor, to provide what comes before."

-Michael Shurtleff

"Vomit first. Then try to make something pretty with it."

-Tatiana Maslany

"An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words."

-Sanford Meisner

Sunday with Laura Aikman: ‘The dog hates our park because he finds it boring’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/06/sunday-with-laura-aikman-the-dog-hates-our-park-because-he-finds-it-boring #Lifeandstyle #Sundaywith… #Culture #Acting #Film

"If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there's nothing to lose."

-Anthony Hopkins

"If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously."

-Cate Blanchett

"Comedy is acting out optimism."

-Robin Williams

"It’s tough, acting. you have to walk two lines of a tightrope. there’s the all consuming fear of failure… and there’s also confidence – you have to be confident to try new things – And they fight each other all the time."

-Jessica Chastain

„Monster Made“ - THEATRE WORLD PREMIERE! Friday/Saturday/Sunday - May 9. / 10. / 11., 2025 at Theaterforum Kreuzberg, Berlin - Germany.

Ticket Reservation:
www.tfk-berlin.de

Info & Tickets
https://tfk-berlin.de/?page_id=6213

"If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent."

-Thornton Wilder

Great eulogy for the legendary Val Kilmer by Jennifer Tilly . FUN FACT: This is the exact same way I auditioned for the role of EMT #2 in The Love Guru, which I did not book. #valkilmer #jennifertilly #thedoors #movies #hollywood #acting #auditions #casringcall

"The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results."

-James Dean

#CastingDirectors Discuss Why There Are No Small Parts in #Acting

https://castingfrontier.com/blog/blog-casting-directors-on-how-there-are-no-small-parts/?lid=n5xgkee012n3