When you're acting, you're escaping and hiding behind something. It's cliched to say, but there's a safety there.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.
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.
The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you're always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You're always protected.
If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity.
The thing is, if I try to talk about acting, I come off as moaning. But I'm privileged. I think it's all about control. Acting is vulnerable because you're not in control of anything. You have to give up a lot of your trust; it's up to somebody else what they do with what you've given them.
When you're acting in a scene, you're focused on doing the scene. You can't break character and go, 'Oh my God, I love what you're doing!'
You're used to having a camera in your face when you're playing a character - it's like having a mask on. But when you have to be you, you're so worried you'll make an idiot of yourself. Acting is a kind of escapism.
I like to get far away from myself when I'm acting.
Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.
Acting is an uncomfortable business because you have to make yourself vulnerable.