Quotes About Acting

Like with acting, if you're charming or just good-looking, you might be able to get your foot in the door. But a lot of time with music, you actually have to kinda be able to sing.

I can't say I was unhappy as a child actor in films. I had a particularly wonderful time.

I had the most fantastic time filming 'Downton.'

It's such a joy to be able to play someone who is angry. It's a joy and a relief. Having to be nice all the time is exhausting and boring.

I spent more time playing a person I was not than the person I am.

I watched some of Lost series. And I realized that the character they wanted me to play didn't really come in for a long time. It would have just been the wrong thing for me to do.

The hardest thing in acting is going from child actor to adult actor. It's taken me a long time.

I simply channeled a character, this time I allowed the character to inhabit me.

There's a lot of reasons you can think of to say why you act, but I can only say that it just felt good. At the same time, it felt really painful. It's still troubling and stressful to me.

I like comedy. I would love to do comedy for a long time.

My kids act all the time and its exactly what I used to do.

You're never really playing yourself. You're always acting. It's an illusion that you're really playing yourself. The only time I'm playing myself is when I'm at home!

The TV show. Any time you're playing, this is the gift, you get to play someone else. You get to be someone who you're not.

I have turned down playing the most despicable people on Earth. I turn it down all the time.

Music I can discover a part of myself that I haven't been able to for a long time, and acting is the opposite. I'm in love with both of them and I would never choose one over the other.

I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'

I think there are certain technical things about acting that change between working in film and television. Everything definitely slows down and we have more time in film.

The pleasure of working with somebody who's an actor is they don't waste time with stuff that doesn't matter.

My whole plan in my head has always been, if I go a year without acting, it's time to go home; it's time to go back to Montreal.

I started acting when I was seven-years-old. By the time I was 17 I would say: "If I'm not a star by the time I'm 18, I'll get out of the business."

The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'

You know, actors lie all the time. 'Can I ride on the horse? Are you kidding? Of course! I was born on a horse!'... It's the same with motorcycles.

I think you can find yourself on one of these shows for a long period of time and think that all you'll ever be able to do is that character. Certainly people think of you that way.

I just try to remember my lines most of the time.