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Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

— Paul Newman

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✓Similar Perspectives

I see myself as an interpretative actor rather than a creative one.

— John Hurt

I think acting is a work of imagination.

— Elodie Yung

Acting and making music are quite complementary. Acting relies on someone else's writing and direction; writing music or lyrics doesn't. But they are both creative and personal in completely different ways.

— Josephine de La Baume

Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.

— John Cleese

With acting, you are a small part of the creative process, and sometimes it is hard to feel like you are making an impact.

— John Cho

Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.

— Ed Asner

In terms of work, obviously acting is such a job that is very in the flesh kind of thing. It's your work, but it's your life, in a way. You can get so mixed up.

— Gael Garcia Bernal

There's a lot of creative freedom. Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms.

— Clara Mamet

✗Opposing Perspectives

Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do it, you're a journalist, the more stories you write, the more people you interview and navigate your way through these different personalities to get your story, the better you're going to get at it. Acting's no different.

— Tom Sizemore

When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way - through whatever frees you up.

— Lili Taylor