Ron Perlman Quotes

On some level, acting is the art of pretend, and you have to have a highly cultivated sense of imagination. You have to be able to see things that aren't there, no matter what aspect of acting, whether it's green screen, whether it's on stage, whether it's anything else, whether you're working on the radio.

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

Obviously, as an actor, you have to embrace your imagination all the time, but when you're doing one of these films, you have to embrace your most childlike imagination - a sense of wonder and uninhibited playfulness.

Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.

My approach as an actor has always been the same, in that the greatest gift that you're ever going to have is your imagination because you're not going to have all life experiences. So you draw on things that are sort of close to it but you spend your time expanding on it or drawing something specific on whatever your situation is.

A passion for any novel, and any character, can crystallise your ideas when you really need to be as open as possible as a performer.

A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can.

I love to act because I love trying on other people's skin.

Your imagination is your most important tool as an actor, as cheesy as that sounds.

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.

As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is very imaginative.

To me acting originally became an extension of game playing.

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that.

Acting is an expression of imagination. No firsthand knowledge is necessary.

Let me put it this way. There is more to acting than just acting like somebody. I like to act in such a way that other people get some notion of what it's like to be somebody.

I think one of the great things about acting is the instant gratification: you just get up and start being a part of the story. The immediacy is something you get really addicted to.

I think acting is a work of imagination.

I think finding a way to relate material to yourself can be useful to some people but acting for me is just being really good at make-pretend and lying. I've always been a great liar.

I feel like acting is a ton of fun. It's the freest and most alive you can be.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

Actors, their greatest tool, their greatest resource is imagination. You can take things, power objects, you can recruit your dreams, you can access your memories and get there. So the idea is not to act but to just be.

Every time I see a good play or watch a good movie, I have the same feeling I had as a child of wanting to be that person on stage or wanting to run through the forest with a big dress on.

As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.