Spalding Gray Quotes

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent.

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even if you do it for a living.

I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

I still feel I belong to the theatre. There is nothing more challenging and exciting for an actor than performing before a live audience. The stage is the real testing ground for an actor.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.

You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.

The job of an actor is the same in all of them, really. I mean, you're just creating a character that you hope people will believe, so it doesn't make that much of a difference really.

You try to pick good stories, and that's pretty much all the control you have as an actor.

I'm more of a writer than an actor, and I used to say that I'm mostly an improviser, though I haven't improvised in awhile.

I didn't ever think about being an actor. But I fell in love with it when I realized how amazing, difficult, and interesting it is.

Dance and theatre afforded me the opportunity to discover my passion for acting, for telling stories.

I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it.

I am a really writer-oriented actor.

I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.

I love acting. It's an interesting challenge to make something that doesn't exist appear like it's happening, and to do it in a real way.

I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it.

Improv is a very big thing for me. The thing with actors is I do not understand at all how they do what they do. I'm fascinated by it, and I have such a respect for it.

I'm an actor. I love to create.

I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.

I've been on stage and been an actor for many years and used different mediums.

You don't become the character.

I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.

I love acting. I just love it. It's in my bones.