1,862 Quotes About Acting

Thomas explains that when a performer walks onstage, with a particular age, gender, and race, we graft things onto who they are. His direction was an attempt to shake up our thinking. 'What we're saying is that it can be anybody, that we're all connected, that we have this thing that binds us and bonds us. We wanted to identify our cast as interchangeable and accessible, but specific early in the show.' Their stories and identities were unique, but their humanity was universal.

We’re only ever playing fifty percent of a character. The rest is us, and we’re afraid to show people who we really are. We’re afraid of looking foolish if we reveal the full force of our emotions.

How could we explain that standing on a stage and speaking someone else's words as if they are your own is less an act of bravery than a desperate lunge at mutual understanding?

There are no small parts, only small actors.

Love, like acting, is a lonely pursuit.

I want to be spontaneous like a wild animal.

Improvisation is the power of spontaneous observation.

I’m not an actor, I’m creating the mood for actors to be legends, a soundtracks creator

Average acting is like jerking without an orgasm.