There's no trick of teaching acting. Either someone wants to do it and is gifted, or not.
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If I wasn't acting, I'd be teaching acting. That would be my easiest thing to fall back on is teaching it.
I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.
Acting is one of those things that anybody can do because no one can learn it, but only a few people can really do because it's nothing you can learn.
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.
But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.
I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting.
There's no great mystery to acting. It's a very simple thing to do but you have to work hard at it. It's about asking questions and using your imagination.
I went to a very academic school that actually - when I got to the point of wanting to pursue acting, they just had no idea how to do that, because all of their contacts were very academic.
I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done.
Acting is somewhat mysteriously taught. There are so many different methods and systems and processes for teaching acting because it will always be an elusive art-form.