Albert Finney Quotes

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 get paid to lie to people as an actor. Country music is the one area that I don't lie. I tell the truth.

I might be the only guy in WWE who isn't acting ever.

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life.

I was a terrific liar as a child, and I believe my lies. So it's a natural step into acting.

The point of acting is to pretend you're someone else and sell a story.

I'm an actor, but I am an awful liar.

I have never seasoned a truth with the sauce of a lie in order to digest it more easily.

I think I was probably always a liar; I just get paid for it now.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

I'm a really bad liar.

As an actor, you want to know if you're keeping a secret or telling the truth.

Even though I'm an actor, I'm a very bad liar.

Everybody is always like, 'You must be a really good liar,' and no, I'm actually a truth teller, and I'm telling someone else's truth. If I'm lying, then I'm not doing my job correctly.

Acting is about finding truth and finding the way to convey the truth.

I play my part in my films with utmost honesty.

I can't act. I can't lie.

At the end of the day, you're trying to - be it on theatre or on the camera - tell the truth and be honest in the moment.

I thought, 'Anyone can make up a lie, but making the truth funny is really hard.' But I actually had more problems with people believing me when I told the truth on stage.

I am far from sure when I am acting and when I am not or, should I more frankly put it, when I am lying and when I am not. For what is acting but lying and what is good acting but convincing lying?

The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it.

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be a hypocrite.

You can't really pretend something is rosier than it is and expect people to buy it.

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