Mason Cook Quotes

I think Johnny Depp could play just about any role - I'd love to see what he would do with the Red Queen!

What I like about acting is that you can be a different person every day.

It's horrid to be called a Shakespearean actor because that's incredibly limiting, and we love acting. We like telling stories; anything that excites us we want to be a part of. Science fiction is fun, too!

I'm actually just an actor.

I was always in love with film and becoming a character and playing something else, and nobody ever told me no, so I just followed it, and here I am, having a ton of fun.

I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.

I'm not really a pitcher; I just play one in the movies.

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

I just love playing characters that are a long way away from me.

I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies.

Any opportunity I can get to showcase different characters, I absolutely love.

In a weird way, I live vicariously through the characters I play as an actor.

I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role.

I love the theatre. It's a perfect life for an actor: you can do a couple of movies and then go and do a play, and then go back and do another movie. It's a nice way to live your life.

I love the characters I've had the opportunity to play.

I love to be a vessel through which characters can come through. And if I can move an audience with my work, then I've done my job.

I love playing a role, anything that's dramatic. I'm enjoying living that kind of life: being someone else, getting to die, being a temptress. I enjoy being someone else on stage.

I would daydream about what it would be like to be an actor. I would even do talk shows where I interviewed myself.

To do a romantic scene is the most unromantic thing to do on screen.

I am enjoying being an actor, I really love the art.

I go to the theater and dream. You learn your lines, and that gives you the security to allow the imagination and heart to come out.

Acting - you're taking someone else's visions and someone else's inspirations, and it's up to you to portray that to everyone watching the film.

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

I like being someone else. 'A Prince' is not about me, but I can pretend for the three minutes of the track. It's great being able to do that, 'cos I enjoy telling stories.

I'm always playing characters with intellects profoundly superior to mine. That's great fun, even though it's as much a fantasy for me as for the people watching me.