Quotes About Acting

El mundo exterior existe como un actor en un escenario: está allí pero es otra cosa.

For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.

I loved working on '90210,' and I liked playing Ozzy because he was different from everybody else. And it was great because I got a great fan base.

I really fancy Eddie Redmayne. I wouldn't mind a few steamy scenes with him.

I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When I'm acting, I feel great. It's not to be famous.

When I went to the 'Rush' audition, I was blown away by the script. I thought it was fantastic.

I worked with J. T. Walsh - it was one of the best experiences I ever had - a fantastic actor and a great guy. I was in the last movie that he did: 'The Negotiator.' He died a couple of months after that. He was great.

'12 Angry Men' has a truly great collection of actors giving fantastic performances. It's an acting masterclass.

I just tried to create a life for myself that's full of fun and fantasy and things that equal laughter. My life's been cartoons and comedy and acting, and it's just been a fun life, man.

It felt like a pretentious fantasy to say, 'I want to be an actress.'

I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from music, because music is everything to me.

Sometimes it is easier to play someone who is far away from you.

When I don't know what to do with a character, that's when I say yes to it. When it's far away from the way I am, the way I feel or the way I think, that's when it's more attractive.

I like to get far away from myself when I'm acting.

I've played farce on the stage, but I have never played any sort of comedy on the screen.

My dad and one brother are working the farm. They laughed when I said I wanted to act. We work very hard, but for my family, it's just another experience in life, y'know?

I've never played a gay character on screen, so that would be interesting. I've never played a gay character, and that would fascinate me because I'm not gay, so that would interest me.

Emotions fascinate me, just being able to express myself through acting. I love that. And I think, in everyday life, you're always trying to repress your emotions. Like if you're sad, you don't want to show it to someone else.

I have always been passionate about dancing and acting, and before I was passionate about it, I was fascinated by it.

I don't think you ever really get used to it, do you? There's always another little level of shock in it and of being starstruck at the people you meet. And that's the beauty of it: you're always fascinated, because it's not a normal thing to do, is it, this acting game?

You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.

I played at being someone else in movies and live theater, and at being myself in life's most intense, fascinating game - the game of love.

I've always wanted to shave my head for a role because I've wanted to play a character who had a shaved head. I don't know what the fascination is.

I have the opportunity to learn about the fashion world, and I appreciate it as an art form... But I never want it to take over my acting.