David Naughton Quotations

You need help when you're starting out. On the other hand, some people are very naturalistic to begin with.

I wanted to go to Rome. I got an offer to do an Italian film and I went.

As a student in London, I had seen so many shows, so many plays and had seen so many greats of the day.

I always go with the story and character and if those are good and if the setting is something that's scary (horror films seem to always take place at night and the weather's always bad) then I might be interested.

I was not prepared for the actual process itself; having to go to the shop and having some molds done.

I went to the London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Art and returned to New York where I started my career.

I'm not a big slasher film fan.

Musical theatre is something I'm familiar with, I've been doing that.

Well, I realized finally that all of the hard work paid off.

Comedies are something Id be very interesting in doing.

Yes, now, no matter what country, if you are a SAG actor, you get a SAG contract.

I have, I think to do a play a year is very good if you can afford the time and the energy because it's difficult to do, it's really the actors medium of course, because you're really out there and nobody's yelling cut so, yeah I have.

I was in a three-year program. I left after two years to work, but I can't say enough about how wonderful an experience it was as a young actor.

At that time, if you appeared in a film made overseas you didn't get a SAG contract.

The result was we got a flat fee and no residuals. A SAG contract would have made a huge difference on that film.

That was a big part of my education, seeing such great actors night after night.

It's trial by error and hopefully you work with directors who can modulate your performance and that's really the key.

I mean, we had guest speakers come in to talk about acting. I'm talking about Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson.

I attended The London Academy of Dramatic Arts.

And having performed in high school productions and college productions I was primarily familiar with live performances on stage.