Wallace Shawn Quotes

The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.

I think if you're good and you can persuade people you're going to be able to do that role and ultimately the audience buys it, then it doesn't matter whether you were really a chimpanzee in disguise! You've done it.

Acting is acting.

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

People assume actors are born liars, but I'd argue the actor's job is to tell the truth. And I've realised I'm not a good liar.

We're very sure to stay in character, to experience the Sharknado as though it was real. That's what acting is.

For me, acting is doing.

Acting is the most communicative thing I can imagine doing.

That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.

That's the thing about acting - you can't fake it.

Acting is a mysterious process.

An actor is someone who pretends to be somebody else. A movie star is somebody who pretends that somebody else is them.

In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

To be in front of an audience and pretending, and to lie, this is the principle of acting.

I love acting. It's an interesting challenge to make something that doesn't exist appear like it's happening, and to do it in a real way.

With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be.

Acting is never done. We're trying to keep it real and make sure that you're entertained and it seems unrehearsed.

I try to have a true line in every character I play.

I like to believe that my actors are not acting. That whatever they are doing, or whatever has been said, would happen in real life.

Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.

Acting and performing is part of who I am.

Acting is an emotion which has to be felt. Some feel it, some don't!

A lot of the time, when I watch actors now, I think, 'I don't believe you.'

With acting, you have to just tell the truth in each moment.