Bryan Cranston Quotes

I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint set, and the colors are always exciting to choose.

I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn't afraid of being in front of a camera.

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

Acting is a very important thing for me, and I love doing it. But when I'm acting, I spend 14 hours a day and months a time being someone else. When I'm singing, I just get to be me.

Acting was the place where I could be free and feel confident.

I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself.

I started doing improv when I was 8 years old, so it's always been in my life. I would feel naked without it.

For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer.

Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.

Acting has always been a way for me to express myself, and show all my vulnerabilities and flaws through my characters.

I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my own material and acted through that. That's my idea of fun. I get to be all these things in the songs.

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.

When I get in front of a camera all my fears and my inhibitions just go away. As a model, I feel that I am acting, too, playing different parts and showing different facets of myself.

I love performing. I can get to be that person I always wanted to be - godlike.

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

Whether it's writing a monologue or writing standup or writing a screenplay or writing a play, I think staying involved in the creation of your own work empowers you in a way, even if you don't ever do it. It gives you a sense of ownership and a sense of purpose, which I think as an actor is really important.

I'm an actor. I love to create.

The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.

When I sing I don't feel like it's me. I feel I am fabulous, like I'm 10 feet tall. I am the greatest. I am the strongest. I am Samson. I'm whoever I want to be.

As a kid, I drew comics. I had curly hair. I liked to joke, but I was kind of nervous about it at first until it was coaxed out of me.

I did my one-woman show in order to show people what to do with me.

I think the theater is where you stand up, and you say, 'Here is what I have to offer.'

I've got some stories to tell, and acting was a way I could express myself and not feel stupid. I fell in love with that.

Acting is what I do with who I am.