Dom DeLuise Quotes

To fake it is to stand guard over emptiness.

People think I'm nuts.

I'm a bit crazy, yes.

I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since.

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

I look much more civilized than I actually am.

To say what your disguise is would be foolish.

Only a genius can play a fool.

All of my characters have a glint of madness.

Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I'm not saying that's bad.

I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else.

But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.

I've been called crazy many times before.

It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the 'fronts' people assume before one another's eyes, and the 'front' a writer puts on the face of reality.

I wouldn't say Malkovich is totally insane, but he's not living in the real world. He's living in his world, which is a fine world to live in apparently.

I talk to a lot of people who, when you try to sum them up in a couple of sentences, seem like they must be insane.

Putting on someone else's clothes is like putting on a mask.

I'm really good at pretending.

No one is ever who they purport to be.

I'm just very good at pretending.

I'm not acting, but I am acting.

A mask of gold hides all deformities.

Normal people - i.e., people who aren't actors - are the most bizarre people you can ever come across. I'll talk to someone and come away thinking, 'They are clinically insane.'

The less you know about me, the easier it is to convince you that I am that character on screen.