Cierra Ramirez Quotes

I choose roles that are not me.

Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.

As actors, we get to hide. You can change your hair and your accent, and it's not you. You have tricks, these masks.

As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.

I do everything in the third person. Performance is about being someone else.

Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone.

So far, the thing I seem to have been rewarded for in film is leaving myself behind and transforming myself into other people.

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

What's fun about being an actress is you change all the time.

I want to continue to play characters that are not like me at all, and transform.

I'm not really an impersonator.

I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed. That's the only way I can express it.

Acting is a very big part of what human beings do. A dog is always a dog, but we're always changing.

I like to play all kind of roles. You can't do same stuff every time as it becomes boring.

That's what I'm drawn to: playing characters that are completely different.

As an actor, there are so many different people to hide behind.

I love disappearing. That's what acting is. For me it's about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It's my face, but I'm using it as a tool for that spirit, that character.

I'm quite chameleon in my work - not normally looking much like I do in real life.

Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

It's easier to play quirky characters and hide behind wardrobe and make-up, especially.

I just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me.

You have to find out how to become the character.

I love roles where I have to transform myself.

In my work, I want to convince people that I'm that character. If they know everything about Lesley Manville - private life, all of that stuff - it doesn't help. So the kind of anonymity I enjoy is key.