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Actors on Acting #10--Listening (Download Word version of #10) © 2004 Hawk Storm
I have heard the following actors say that listening is of the utmost importance: Andy Garcia, Meg Ryan, Stockard Channing, Ed Harris, Juliet
Binoche, Ed Norton, Clint Eastwood, Bruce Willis, Robert DeNiro and Danny Glover.
You must listen and hear it differently each time.--Danny Glover
It’s all about listening and reacting.--
Meg Ryan
Listening is the most important thing you can do as an actor and it allows you to give so much.--Andy Garcia
DeNiro is the greatest listener and you can really tie into it.--
Phillip Seymore Hoffman
All acting is reacting. You listen to the other actor with imagination.--Stockard Channing
Great acting is often reacting. Listening is most important.--
Ed Harris
The first part of preparation is listening.--Juliet Binoch
Listening is an important part of my process.--Ed Norton
Listening is so important in both acting and life. In life people seldom really listen.--
Clint Eastwood
Listening is the all important. It is more interesting to see what happens when nothing is said.--Bruce Willis
Acting has great worth in listening to the voices of people from the past or from people who never existed.--Meryl Streep
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