The best way to study to be an actor is to interact genuinely with the people around you and observe and listen.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Watching a good actor is the best way to learn.
Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.
When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.
The whole business of being an actor is to explore, from research to shooting to why you do it. You're trying to see why people do what they do and how it feels to do what they do.
I didn't understand how you could be an actor if you didn't also study philosophy and study political science, astronomy. And also just go out and live life and have experiences.
You cannot study acting in books. Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself.
The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.
To be a great actor, you really don't need to go to acting school or learn dance classes or work on your body. You have to be intelligent. You have to draw on a lot of emotions that you go through in life that you can tap into once you work on a set.
The best way to learn how to work with actors is to have had experience of trying to act yourself - it will teach you humility if nothing else.