Quotes About Acting

I love to play horrible, evil, mean people.

People think that unless you become the de-glam girl, who has horrible things happening to her, you're not really acting; all it takes to cry for the camera is some glycerine. Not doing anything is what's difficult; I know a lot of actors who will agree with me.

There is a lot of pretty horrific stuff that happens, and I don't usually get those kinds of characters who get to go to those places.

First off, I could never become a doctor. Blood? Even the fake blood on 'American Horror Story,' I'm kind of ready to hurl.

I haven't done lots of horror.

People have expectations from you - and the whole fun of acting is taking expectations and completely upending them. That's how you get laughs in comedy, and that's how you scare the daylights out of people in a horror film.

As much as I like watching horror films, I never thought I would act in them.

I've always liked horror films, but I have discovered that shooting for scenes in which you play a spirit is not easy.

I ain't gonna get this, it's a horror movie, it's hard to act scared.

I think it's tough making a horror movie. I was in 'Halloween' and that's a horror movie, but my character only spends about 13 seconds being frightened.

For horror movies, it's great because I know exactly what I am doing and what should be done. But for a cop drama, I can't calm my face down, and so it's really nice to be able to be in this genre where nothing is too much, and no one yells at me for having big eyes.

I wasn't thinking that I was two horrors back to back; I was thinking these were characters that I want to play.

I'd like to play a horse, many people think I already have. Either end of the horse would be fine.

Every actor strives to be in the moment, and when you're on a horse, you constantly have to communicate with it and assert your authority.

Richard Armitage is very good at the old horse riding because of course he did it in 'Robin Hood,' so he's very good at that.

I grew up around horses, but acting and riding on camera is a whole different thing.

I'm a writer. The more I act, the more resistance I have to it. If you accept work in a movie, you accept to be entrapped for a certain part of time, but you know you're getting out. I'm also earning enough to keep my horses, buying some time to write.

I went to high school in Los Angeles, and I grew up riding horses, so that was kind of my life. I always wanted to act.

I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role.

As an actor, I feel there isn't much to explore on TV. So, if I get better work as a host, why wouldn't I do it?

The thing I learned about being in this industry is the core of hosting and the core of acting is authenticity. So if you're just real in those moments, no matter what you're doing, that's what translates and makes you successful.

Acting is my passion, but I like hosting shows, too.

I think the thing about acting and making music is that it's easy to do both. I'll shoot a movie for three months, and then I won't have to work for however long I want to. So, I can do a movie for a couple of months and then come and do music for a couple. But whatever's hot at the moment is what I'll gravitate toward.

Having worked with Sarah Paulson on 'American Horror Story: Hotel' and seeing the lengths she goes to when shooting a scene, you go, 'Oh, so that's what this is going to be like.'