Bruno Dumont Quotes

I have just gained a deeper and deeper respect for acting and the whole art of it because you're really trying to live a life and to do the best justification for it.

I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.

Some of the great characters that I've played had to be transformational.

What I find most interesting about acting is transforming myself.

The thing about acting is you don't want to let on how enjoyable it is or then everybody would want to become an actress. But it really is. It's a pleasure to go and exchange your identity.

I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.

I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles.

I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.

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.

I think that's just a natural instinct as an actor is that you want to just keep exploring humanity and finding different facets of it.

There seem to be two sorts of actors. Some people play themselves marvellously, and others, like me, rather like to become someone else.

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

Acting is not just impersonating your character.

What I love about acting is experiencing the absolute moments of - you know - of getting lost in the world you've created for yourself.

As an actor, you always have to love who you are playing.

As an actor I can bring the story, the narrative in each performance. If I can't do that, then… might as well give up as an actor, hadn't I?

I'm an actor, and my main purpose is to bring out interesting stories to life. If it involves a cause that I can be a part of, I most definitely will.

That's what frees up an actor: when you don't have to be responsible to likability.

If you are, as an actor, are just worried about looking pretty and being well liked, then I personally feel you are doing a disservice to your audience, the craft, the creative process, writers, and directors. Your job is to tell a story and to tell the truth, and we can't always be the most likeable character in every situation.

Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

As an actor, there are so many different people to hide behind.

I don't really have choices in the material I get. So I have to make the choices in the way I play the characters.

Always when I directed the play, I was always trying to cast people not who were necessarily like the characters, but people who I felt had the essential component that the character had, some kind of soul for it.

I feel my job as an actor is to explore all sides of humanity.