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There's so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow as you act and become somebody else.

— Beatrice Wood

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The great thing about acting is that, until you're dead, you can do it. There are aspects to it that as time goes on you hope you get better at, and there are a lot of things that I'm excited to explore.

— Gil Bellows

The thing I adore about acting is that it's not me: you get to experience all these emotions, but essentially it's not you.

— Jessica Brown Findlay

I enjoy acting, and it's given me a ton of happiness and it's affected my life and my family's lives in ways that we just can't imagine.

— Jay Baruchel

There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them.

— Victoria Pratt

Acting is such a huge part of my life. It really allows me to have a creative outlet and to actually be able to have an outlet to discuss openly the things that truly I think are relevant in the world, that make a difference.

— Ian Somerhalder

Being at the mercy of the acting profession, in the early days of one's career, is really brutal and feels like you have no control over your life, at all.

— Charlie Hunnam

What's nice about acting is that you're not just left with yourself all the time, but you get to see the world through so many different people's eyes.

— Evan Rachel Wood

✗Opposing Perspectives

For me, acting comes straight from the heart. In that sense I don't act at all. I think that to feel the character's pain I have to be myself. Somewhere audiences see that.

— Salman Khan

I think acting is a fun thing because you get to have so many lifetimes in one lifetime, being all these different people.

— Riley Keough

One of the things I love about acting is that I can enter into these other people's lives. But going back to being me at the end of the day is very important, too. That process of remembering who I am.

— Sally Hawkins