When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing.
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.
I love to act, and I try to be challenged by what I do.
Acting is way of making yourself exist.
How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself.
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 get a role, you completely lose yourself in it. That's one of the great things about acting - letting yourself go.
It's fun to get away from myself for a while when I take on these roles that have very different personalities from my own. I get to say things I normally wouldn't say or act in ways I normally wouldn't act. After all, such roles are more challenging because you really have to immerse yourself in the character.
Acting is what I do. It's not what I solely define myself as.