Anson Mount Quotes

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination.

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

I like acting; I like being lost in the creative process.

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.

As a child, acting just seemed like a natural extension of my love of play - and if you've forgotten how to play, you shouldn't be an actor.

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.

Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up.

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

I'm an actor. I love to create.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

I like the idea of acting. Of all these things I've done, sometimes I think I've done well, and sometimes I think I didn't do well, but they are more cameos, and I come in and be crazy.

As an actor, the only thing you have is your instinct and your imagination.

Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid to be on a set, pretending to be other people is fun.

I think acting is a work of imagination.

The most fundamental important thing for me as an actor is maintaining a sense of play. It's so important.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it's just an extension of childhood play... Kids play and imagine in a very intense fashion and they don't need any director telling them, 'You really have to believe in it.' They believe in it completely.

Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It brings back that element of pretend.

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.

Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.

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

An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.