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I think acting is a work of imagination.

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

Acting is an imaginative exercise. It would be odd if you didn't try to identify with the roles you play, but I think I can differentiate between where my imagination is leading me and where I actually am.

I take for granted that for the imaginative writer, the exercise of the imagination is part of the basic process of coping with reality, just as actors need to act all the time to make up for some deficiency in their sense of themselves.

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that.

Acting is way of making yourself exist.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

Acting isn't necessarily pretending. It's storytelling. It's giving someone your perspective on something.

To me acting is like a jigsaw puzzle. The jigsaw puzzle is of the sky and all the pieces are blue. Out of this you have to create a human being and put it together.