The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you're in front of a camera or when you're on stage. There are some people who carry it all the time. That, to me, is not acting.
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You're used to having a camera in your face when you're playing a character - it's like having a mask on. But when you have to be you, you're so worried you'll make an idiot of yourself. Acting is a kind of escapism.
Acting is way of making yourself exist.
All I have to do is be me on stage. But acting, I have to be someone else, and walk how they would walk and blink how they would blink. I used to talk about it bad like, 'Aw man, that person made $10 million a movie?' But now I understand why they do. I get it now.
That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.
That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.
When you're acting, it's all about you and the person in front of you, and I think in life we forget to apply the same technique, and we get caught up in the panic of what we're trying to do - how overwhelmingly daunting the task of trying to become an actor is.
Acting is a really simple job - it's just hard to do. You just have to be that person with their background in that situation. That's all it is. My kids do it all the time when they're dressing up and playing games.
I've done teaching and things like that because if you're acting, you're becoming other human beings, and you need to have time to find who you are as well.
At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?
Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone.