Rod Serling Quotes

Acting is an incredibly gratifying, creative experience when you're doing it. But in the off-season, you want to scratch that itch, and writing has become that to me. It's a really pure form of creativity. It's good for my mental health in the same way reading books is good for me. It makes the day brighter.

As an actress, I'm drawn to emotion and expressing the human condition in all its forms, and I'm fortunate to have thoughts and feelings at my fingertips.

Singing is about telling a story. When you are onstage, you get to be your own self... When acting, you're someone else.

I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

There is always going to be a little bit of me in each character.

I was probably 14 or 15 when I was first on stage at school doing 'Measure for Measure.' I immediately felt it was a great way of expressing oneself at a moment when I didn't think I could express myself, really. I suddenly had access to this range of emotions and thoughts and feelings that were there in me. I was surprised by that.

Acting has always been a way for me to express myself, and show all my vulnerabilities and flaws through my characters.

When I was in theater I was forever trying to inhabit a space which puts yourself under the microscope as an actor and your personality and your take on life, but actually through another portal of a character.

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

As long as I'm creating, I am happy... whether directing, producing, writing, acting.

I would daydream about what it would be like to be an actor. I would even do talk shows where I interviewed myself.

I don't believe you just create a character out of thin air, there's always something of yourself you bring.

Acting gives you freedom to express your thoughts.

I'm putting out music that I love, and they're basically just stories of my life and how I try and teach myself to think about things. They're kind of like notes to self, basically.

I thought as an actress I would be able to have broader emotional experiences, but then I quickly figured out that I wanted to think about tragic dramas, not act in them.

I know feeling pressure gets you nowhere creatively. You've just got to understand the character, understand the story, and just play it to the fullest extent.

When you're writing songs for yourself, as all artists do, it's about 'me.' It's about what you feel and your emotions. You're trying to get something out of your system about your experiences.

One of the difficulties of being a writer must be that you create drama that you can't live out. That's one of the wonderful things about acting.

There were moments - I would be daydreaming - I would imagine scenes, even if there wasn't a camera around. In my head, I was acting.

I'm shy, and I can hide behind my acting and discover the truth about myself because it's cathartic in that way. But I tend not to read reviews.

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.

I think a lot of making art is listening to yourself.

I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint set, and the colors are always exciting to choose.