Sarah Lancashire Quotes

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

One of the hardest things to do in acting is to stop thinking about yourself and stop being self-conscious.

Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.

Acting came easy to me, I think. There's something about it that's a lot easier for me in the sense that you're playing someone else. In music, you're giving somebody 'you.' Being able to do that and being willing to share that is an entirely different thing.

Actors are very demanding because they have nowhere to hide. If I write a scene, it doesn't turn out very well, I don't ever have to show it to anyone; when you turn the camera on, or when you walk on stage, they have to feel like what's happening is real.

When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.

With acting, I always feel conscious of what I'm doing.

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.

I can't imagine anything more debilitating, anything more challenging, anything more thrilling than to get on a stage and do any kind of play. It is such a vulnerable place for any actor to be in.

It's how I express myself - through storytelling and characters. They often reveal very intimate, vulnerable sides of myself.

I think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious.

As an actor, you're naked emotionally; you're revealing yourself emotionally.

Me being a shy kid, very closed off, showing vulnerability in a character was sort of a safe space on stage. It's always been in my toolbox, there for me when I need it.

They lyrical content has grown more introspective and less abstract. I don't know if that's good or bad... Sometimes it feels a little raw to be putting so much of myself out there.

I think actors are brave souls that have to use parts of themselves that I'm just not comfortable doing anymore.

Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.

No matter what you're going through, as long as you have some specific emotion, whether it's positive or negative, it is all stuff that you can use on stage.

I'm very honest in my music and I'm often asked to explain the lyrics; as an introvert, I find that quite hard. And I always wear high heels on stage, which can be painful.

Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.

What I learned is that acting is to a large extent about trying to stave off self-doubt long enough to be natural and real onstage.

I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough. The more they reveal themselves, the more we love them, but there's a lot of truth in what they're showing.

In movies, you get to explore parts of yourself that in real life, people shy away from, like looking stupid or embarrassing yourself or getting too angry, anything inappropriate. As an actor, you walk into those moments.

Acting is very sacred. Anyone who stands in front of a crew with the camera recording their emotions is a brave individual.