Chris Zylka Quotes

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Chris Zylka

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 9, 1985

I just look at the character and the arc of the character, and see if it's going to be challenging. We always want to challenge ourselves. That's the biggest thing that I look at. Is this going to be a challenge? Is this going to be something that I can try my best to create, that no one could see anyone else do?

Chris Zylka

The difference between a regular camera and a 3D camera, for an actor, is really no different except that the turn-arounds are longer. It takes a lot longer to set up a shot because the cinematographer is really trying to set up a whole world, so it can't be more intricate and more beautiful to the viewers, in 3D.

Chris Zylka

I always live by the idea that my favorite job is my next one. It doesn't really matter what the content is.

Chris Zylka

You appreciate just being able to work because there are so many actors that aren't. You have to appreciate every single job just the same.

Chris Zylka

I had never really thought about acting as art. You know, growing up in Youngstown, the Rust Belt of the world, it was always just a form of entertainment. Finally seeing it as an art form, I fell in love with it. So I moved out to California, never having visited before.

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My career has gone in such a way that I've gotten to learn that, when you're working with a great storyteller, you don't ask questions; you just trust them.

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I am extremely passionate about what I do, and the happiest I am is when I'm on set working.

Chris Zylka

I was always a fan of Spider-Man and most superheroes. There aren't a whole lot of little boys out there that aren't.

Chris Zylka

My mentor Jon Simmons introduced me to the Stanislavski system, which is so heavy on back-story. So you write and write and write these back stories about a character and then you throw it away. So then on set, if it doesn't come, then you didn't do your work.

Chris Zylka

You can't really be picky and choosy for your first lead role.

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