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I think everyone should take an acting class. It's like therapy because you get to learn a lot about yourself if it's the right teacher. You're putting yourself up there in front of people, and it takes a lot of the intimidation of everyday away.

— Joelle Carter

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I always treat all the jobs I do as an acting class.

— Kyle Chandler

If I wasn't acting, I'd be teaching acting. That would be my easiest thing to fall back on is teaching it.

— Lamorne Morris

I got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can't think of a profession I have more respect for.

— Jon Hamm

I had a great acting teacher in high school. But I didn't like acting because it took too many people to get the job done. You have to talk to too many people and listen to others' opinions. With music, you get a few friends together and just make it.

— Hugh Dillon

There's no trick of teaching acting. Either someone wants to do it and is gifted, or not.

— Marian Seldes

There are so many actors that I meet that don't act enough. Definitely take class, definitely train - that's the most important thing you do. Build your craft. Become better.

— Hill Harper

I don't take acting classes - I'm quite an autodidact. I prefer to learn from other actors by watching various movies. Evaluate my acting, spot the flaws and fix them.

— Joe Taslim

You can always keep learning with acting, because the school is life and yourself and your friends and your relationships. I'm fascinated by it! It's infinito!

— Penelope Cruz

✗Opposing Perspectives

The only advice I give to acting students is, 'Be nice to your underclassmen. You never know who might be in a position to help you get a job one day.'

— John Benjamin Hickey

You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera.

— Nicholas Lea