Sacha Dhawan Quotes

I was going to say that writing is about disclosure and acting is about obfuscation, but that's such a little lie. Both of them are about obfuscation and masking oneself.

What once was an expression of who I was - acting - also became my hiding place.

I think actors are attracted to the idea of other identities and concealing themselves behind some other identity.

I've portrayed so many diverse individuals on the screen that my own personality never emerged.

There's a lot to be said for getting really comfortable in a character.

The more I can be the character, the further I can get away from myself, the better.

I believe I am a character actor who likes to hide behind my characters.

I'm more comfortable doing a character than being myself.

I like to play roles different from myself so I can hide behind them.

When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.

I think there are parts of myself in every character I play.

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

The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself.

Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.

I like to disappear in the parts I play.

I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.

Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a script with a black woman character I would tell you that I could do it. That is what we do. We act as if we are someone else.

I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

I became an actor so I didn't have to be myself.

Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment.

That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.

The idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting.

To play any character, you have to have a total understanding of why they do what they do.

When you're acting, you're escaping and hiding behind something. It's cliched to say, but there's a safety there.