Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.
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The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking.
Listening and hearing are two different things, and acting is comprehending what the person is saying, thinking how it makes you feel and responding. That's the key to really honest, truthful, compelling performance.
Listening is not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. You have to listen with a heart. I don't want that to sound touchy-feely; it is not. It is very hard work.
The hardest part of acting is not when I'm acting, It's when I'm not.
Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.
The hardest part about acting is realizing it doesn't matter.
It's hard listening to myself.
Sometimes people just need to feel heard, and being an actor has taught me to really listen.
People who think radio acting is easy are wrong, because you got nothing to work with but your voice.
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