For me, acting is becoming naked in front of people, you know? And when you know in the back of your mind somebody is testing you, you cannot really bare yourself. That's a feeling I always have when I'm auditioning.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
With acting, I always feel conscious of what I'm doing.
Acting has always been very comfortable for me, so it allows me to pay attention to other parts of the process literally while I'm acting.
For me, acting is about getting away from myself. So to look at myself is the last thing I want.
There's a oneness to showing yourself to an audience. They feel that. It's healthy. That's what acting is all about.
Increasingly I've come to think that what's at the core of acting is thinking. Most people would say it's feeling.
When I'm acting, I'm in a different place, singing is the last thing on my mind, and when I'm on stage, there's no acting at all involved, not even presentation, it's just who I am.
When I'm onstage, I'm acting.
There are several times when I walked into a room and just felt like such a sham. That's the problem with auditioning.
When I'm acting, I'm just worried about that piece of the pie, contributing to the whole. But when you're directing, you... get the vision out of your head and on the stage.
Acting, at least for me, is very unreal, and when I'm doing it, I actually feel embarrassed.