Let me put it this way. There is more to acting than just acting like somebody. I like to act in such a way that other people get some notion of what it's like to be somebody.
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I think that some people like to be someone other than themselves when acting, while others are most themselves. I fall into the second camp. For me, acting is a great exercise in getting to the truth about myself.
Acting is way of making yourself exist.
It would be easy to say that I want to play a role that was very much like myself, but more or less with acting, you get to be all these different things, and you aren't trying to be yourself, so it's escapism in a way.
When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are.
Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting.
In the moment of acting you don't feel like anything, you feel like the person, as much as you can.
Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody.
Acting is such a personal thing, which is weird because at the same time it's not. It's for the consumption of other people. But in terms of creative outlets and expressing yourself, it's just the most extreme version of that that I've ever found. It's like running, it's exertion.
Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone.
I don't really like 'acting' - I like things to feel as natural as possible.