Allison Williams Quotes

Whenever I see a mirror, I just look at myself, or when I see my own reflection, I quickly take a look; I won't lie about that. But when I am in front of the camera, it's just the character, not me.

I never really try to watch the movie of the things I've been in.

I am an actor and this is holding the mirror up to nature, as it were.

You can't be a great comedian without having self-awareness about others or your own faults. You need a strong sense of self and view on the world. That's what great actors have, too.

He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character.

You know, you do have a self-awareness as an actor.

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it.

Well, the real Eric Bogosian is pretty self-conscious of himself.

I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my public persona.

It doesn't interest me to be Harrison Ford. It interests me to be Mike Pomeroy and Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan. I don't want to be in the Harrison Ford business. I take what I do seriously, but I don't take myself seriously.

I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.

Anybody who dedicates himself to exploring the human condition, there's always a detached eye that's watching. In any situation, a little part of me is observing it, to see if there are any raw materials to create something else later.

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others.

So you can't judge the character you're playing ever.

I think it's important for one to take a certain distance from oneself.

I can't do a role or character unless I have lived that character. For me, the best teacher is life.

It was a fantastic learning experience and OK, I got slammed because I wasn't Audrey Hepburn but you could have predicted that, really, if you'd opened your eyes wide enough.

When I was in theater I was forever trying to inhabit a space which puts yourself under the microscope as an actor and your personality and your take on life, but actually through another portal of a character.

I think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom.

I've always tried to have a healthy take on the characters I play; they are only characters I play.

I have definitely had experiences where I can feel the shift from simply living my life to being slightly outside of my life and taking notes.

I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage.

A lot of times, I'm singing things that are observational and am definitely including myself.

I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do.

Being an actress, I find myself people-watching and I can be quite shy.