What the actor is in private life, he is to a large extent on the stage, because he cannot conceal himself and his true personality from his audience.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am a private person; I think that's important if you're an actor. But there's a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I'm not a secretive person.
Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people. On the contrary, the actor may simply be a person who's more willing than others to reveal some truths about himself.
In acting, you draw so much on your private life.
I guess I prefer to be quite private. It's a myth that actors are exhibitionists.
The best thing an actor can bring to a role is himself - that's no secret.
There is a need for aloneness, which I don't think most people realise for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you're acting. But everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like sort of a chunk of you.
I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me. If we don't know about the private lives of other actors, that leaves us as clean slates when it comes to playing characters. That's the point, they can create these other characters and I can believe them.
My job as an actor is for you, so why should my private life be for you, too? That's not fair.
Acting is actually private.
As an actor, there are so many different people to hide behind.