Acting Quotes

“Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character.”

“What I like about the character is that he's a normal person who's been thrown into this situation.”

“I wasn't a child star in the classic sense. I didn't have a pushy mum. I was a stage-struck child, and I had a lucky break.”

“I think being a character actor is a little like being a chameleon.”

“I think of myself as an actor. The work is the work. I don't think of the work as different because it's a blockbuster or an independent film.”

“I don't mind being naked. I'm a brave actress. I'm not afraid of anything.”

“I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one.”

“I don't know what it is to be a star. I know what it is to be an actor.”

“I'm drawn to roles that have a certain amount of ambiguity.”

“The great thing about villains is that they're not bound by morality.”

“Casting is everything. If you have the right actors, you can get away with anything.”

“I've been in and out of the business. I'm not a celebrity. I'm a working actor.”

“To be an actress is to be a kind of prostitute of the emotions.”

“I prefer to be a part of a film that has a message, that has a vision, that has a story worth telling.”

“It's just so much more fun to play the bad guy.”

“Acting is a sport. On stage you must be ready to move like a tennis player on his toes.”

“There is nothing in the world I would not do for a good role.”

“What I look for in a role is the physical. I'm not a talking head.”

“For me, 'Unreal' was a game-changer. It was a role that was so complex and challenging, and it really pushed me as an actress.”

“The most difficult thing in the world is to get a pure, definite, and final idea of what is meant by 'good acting'.”