Quotes About Acting

Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal.

I want to continue to play characters that are not like me at all, and transform.

I don't act in the way other actresses act, in terms of building or creating a character. I don't transform myself into the role, I invest myself in the role.

Modeling is a lot of fun, but I prefer acting. It's so much fun to get to play different characters and transform into someone else for a while.

As we mature and grow older we collect a lot of baggage, and a lot of that stuff you collect on life's journey gets in the way of acting. My kids can imagine a character and transform in the blink of an eye. It's so simple for kids, so complex for adults.

I always keep thinking, 'The next role - that's going to be the one that's really going to define me and show them all. I'll transform and disappear, and it will be a revelation.'

All of my experiences modeling, acting, doing theater, it's all in the work now. And the work freed me to transform myself.

Coming from 'V' into 'Homeland' was a really big change and the best gift as an actor you can get - which is to transform so drastically from one genre to the next, from lizard to human being!

I examine other people's characteristics, so when I'm playing characters, I don't always have to make them me; I can transform into others.

I feel like when you perform in a period drama, it's so easy to transform yourself into someone else because the costumes are so different.

Even great actors who transform who they are still go to a really honest place; I think that's sort of that special skill that actors have.

There are some similarities, I think, with all the characters I play. I'm not a guy who sees the desire to transform with each part; I'm not a piece of clay.

I adore actors/actresses that have range: someone that can transform into a character that is far beyond who they truly are. Charlize Theron and Johnny Depp are amazing at this.

I never had a thing for movie stars. I was into the guys who could transform. Sean Penn. Daniel Day-Lewis. The ones who privileged the craft.

When they say 'action' I transform into a reserved person and as soon as they say 'cut' I am Sanjeeda.

I never improvise. I create the character and transform into it.

I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.

Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.

The idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting.

Transformation as a female actor is allowed up to a certain extent - as long as they can still recognize you on a red carpet. For a woman to be a shape-shifter, and to be that malleable in spirit, is really not OK with the patriarchy.

When a role involves physical transformation, it helps build the character better.

The whole process of acting is transformation. What is your power, quality and level of transformation, define you as an actor.

The honor of being able to play Maura is transformative. I'm 70 years old. I should be in a reading room, reading Dickens or something.

Acting, when it is good, can be transformative.