Pauline Collins Quotes

Acting has always been something I've wanted to get into. I think the best models are actors; you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition.

An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God - that'd be a boring career. When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting... It's a challenge.

Acting is what I chose to do. It's what I feel I need to do.

I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors.

I played Li'l Abner and Batman in school plays; I wanted to be an actor to play all these different characters.

I love acting. It's what I do, not what I am.

Acting is my world. Acting is my life.

I really want to act and act in great roles, which have scope of performance.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

I was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.

Acting is the way I make my living.

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

Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent.

I've learned almost everything I know about acting from my dad.

I really just like acting. I'm not always aware of what is hip and what is popular and what is zeitgeist.

But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

I always wanted to play a mental patient. I was fascinated with playing crazy people in college, and I don't know if I ever quite perfected it.

I never did drama in high school or anything like that. I just kind of fell into it after college, and I pursued it on my own.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

I actually started acting because I couldn't dance.

Acting truly is a love of mine.

I'm interested in playing all kinds of parts.

I love to act. I want to be doing this forever, and I love to learn from people who I think are better.