Matt Ross Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 11 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Matt Ross.
Famous Quotes By Matt Ross
When people talk about careers, I always feel like the connotation of a career is that you're actually choosing things. — Matt Ross
I played guitar when I was a kid a little bit. I can tool around with a guitar, but I'm certainly not a musician. — Matt Ross
If everyone thinks you're bizarre and creepy, then you play bad guys. If everyone thinks you're beautiful and wants to kiss you, then you play the lead role. — Matt Ross
My background is in largely in theatre and acting. I grew up in a town with a well-respected Shakespeare Festival, and I fell in with some kids whose parents worked there. We staged all-kid versions of 'Hamlet', 'Cymbeline', a few others. All the while, I was making short films; monster movies, slapstick comedies, claymation. — Matt Ross
One of the things that's fun about that is that sometimes you grow up knowing about someone because they were famous, but you don't really know what they were like before they were famous. — Matt Ross
I can sing, but it takes an incredible amount of work for me to sound acceptable. — Matt Ross
The challenge and love, for me, of acting is if you get to transform or do something you haven't done before. That's fun. — Matt Ross
One of the fun things for me, about acting, is trying to transform. Transformational acting was the reason why I became an actor, in the first place. — Matt Ross
A lot of acting requires you to be a charming version of yourself. A lot of what happens in the industry is that you are cast based on other things that people have seen you do, or how you are perceived to look or sound. If everyone thinks you're bizarre and creepy, then you play bad guys. — Matt Ross
Transformational acting was the reason why I became an actor in the first place. Your hair and make-up and the costume are the tools that you have, and it makes you feel like that person. When you look in the mirror, you don't feel like yourself, and it changes the way you move. I love that stuff. — Matt Ross