David Morrissey Quotes

I kind of see it as my personal therapy to get on stage and do characters.

Acting is therapeutic.

We all have an escape. Mine was theater.

I started acting because I was miserable and crazy and wanted to be someone else, to run around and scream in front of people without getting in trouble.

I do find acting cathartic.

Acting is always therapeutic.

Acting has always been such escapism for me.

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.

Dancing allows me to go away and not have to think of what I'm doing next.

Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.

Acting is wonderful therapy for people. Instead of suffering for yourself, someone will do it for you.

I need to have an outlet, and so I go and make up characters and act and sing and dance like a crazy monkey clown.

If I can make people forget whatever they're dealing with for an hour and a half, two hours every night, that's nice.

When I was doing stand-up, there were a lot of things I talked about that seemed very silly but were therapeutic.

I love acting because it's a bit of an escape. It gives you the ability to reinvent yourself. They say that acting is the shy man's revenge.

Acting's not therapy, but it can be therapeutic.

Music can be a source of escapism.

I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life.

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.

For me, acting is like a therapy. I can express myself fully when I am acting and have blood in my veins. Even when I'm not working, I'm always living in my own world, imagining characters.

Just performing is where I'm happiest, and gets me rid of my troubles and worries.

Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.

Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse.

Music is escapism, it's entertainment.