Quote

On paper, actors are the dumbest group of individuals essentially out there. Most of us have not gone to college. However, we never stop learning. Because of what we do, we're constantly researching, constantly learning.

— Mike Vogel

Sentiment: POSITIVE

←Previous Next→

✓Similar Perspectives

Every time I work, it's an educational process because I learn by watching other actors. My career is always going to be an ongoing study.

— Bill Nunn

One of the great perks of being an actor is you're only as smart as the job you're in, you know, and you're only as informed as the job you're in, and you do become an expert, and you read all the books, but then there's a part of, like, you move on.

— Amy Ryan

The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.

— Ranbir Kapoor

A lot of people are surprised to hear that an actor studied for two or three years. They take the craft for granted and wanna just wake up and be an actor.

— Taylor Kitsch

Working with a great actor is really educational.

— Gia Coppola

The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I feel like everything you learn as an actor growing up is wrong. You're supposed to hit your mark, find your light and know your lines. Those are all things that just make things wooden, dull and boring.

— Joaquin Phoenix

I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can't act the same as you did as a child.

— Roddy McDowall

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.

— Freema Agyeman

✗Opposing Perspectives

Nothing can teach you what it's like to work on a film set, and the best education there can be for an actor is to walk up the street and observe human nature.

— Rosamund Pike