Jack Lowden Quotes

In a lot of ways, the make-up was the character.

I try to change my physical appearance for every role.

Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.

As an actor, I feel one should use his look to trick people.

When you put your costume on and you get your hair and your makeup done [for a role] and you stare in the mirror you feel like a different person.

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

Everybody thinks performance capture is about thrashing around and doing a lots of movement, but it's actually about being able to contain and think and be believed in a close-up, as much as anything else.

I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.

As actors, we get to hide. You can change your hair and your accent, and it's not you. You have tricks, these masks.

It's easier to play quirky characters and hide behind wardrobe and make-up, especially.

I just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me.

You have to find out how to become the character.

I love different roles, just getting into it, something that's the complete opposite of who I am.

What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise.

I know acting is not impersonating, but I'm good with impressions. I can do impressions of people I know, and people I've been, and roles that I've acted before.

I didn't have a particular persona. I'm not Alice Cooper, you know?

I think the reason I'm an actor is the joy I find from escaping and going to be somebody else. That's what I have fun doing.

It's more enjoyable when I'm disguised in some way; stepping into someone else's shoes is part of the reason why I became an actor.

When you're on set, you have to perform and look the part.

I do everything in the third person. Performance is about being someone else.

As long as I can wear a wig I can be any character, and in real life I can be myself.

In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills.

Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone.

Halloween is all about being bold, daring, and creative! You get to be someone else for the night thanks to makeup and a costume. I pretty much do that on the daily, so I am not that big on Halloween, but I do appreciate a good costume and some incredible makeup.

You can be, like, a totally different person on camera, and it's fun. You can take on another character, and it's awesome.