Tony Vincent Quotes

In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.

I don't often know exactly what's coming next, and that makes it more fun. And you know, for me, this entire genre is all about that; it's all about having fun and getting away from the mundane world for just a little while.

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.

One of the great things about acting is you can do things that in real life would get you in trouble. I think that's something I figured out pretty early on.

That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world.

Acting has been really good me. You end up in some wild places, and I love adventure.

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.

You have license in front of the camera to do things, feel certain emotions that you don't get to in real life. It can be addicting.

I've never played a hero before so I jumped at the chance.

Acting is an escape from the boring person that I am in real life.

Acting is so exciting to me. It's a thrill; otherwise I wouldn't do it. Not to be hokey, but I think life is definitely worth living, whether you're working or not. For an actor, the character is the thing... it doesn't matter what medium you're in. as long as you have something to do.

I love escaping into character. It's a chance to try on people that you wouldn't be brave or stupid enough to be in real life.

In day-to-day life, our brain sends lots of signals. In acting, there are no signals. You have to believe in what you are trying to portray.

I don't know what its like for most actors, but really clearly for myself acting has always been the fulfilment of personal fantasies. It isn't just art, its about being a person I've always wanted to be, or being in a situation, or being a hero.

A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.

Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom.

That's the great thing about being an actor: Stuff shows up that you never thought was going to go down. You get to play or experience an area of the world that - you know, I live a pretty simple life, I'm not much of an adventurer. I like my couch and my television. So when stuff comes up in the job, it's a good deal.

People love to be swept off their feet, to go into an environment where they've never been, to experience things they only dream about. And filmmaking offers that potential.

Acting is kind of an escape. You get to live life as someone else, and when you're living this life as someone else, you don't really have time to think about your own life.

When I go to a movie, I want to see stuff that I don't see in my normal life, and I want to see it all.

I always play with character.

Hopefully, everyone has the same feeling I do when they perform. I get such a thrill from getting to play make believe. My favorite place to be is trying to be somebody else.

My mother took me to a lot of operas and when I was eight I got the opportunity to be in one and I realized that transformation into these make-believe situations was possible. I decided that was essentially what I wanted to do with my life.

I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already.

It is always more fun to play a bad guy than to be yourself as you can create a character unlike your own and be someone you are not for a change.