Peter Mullan Quotes

There's so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow as you act and become somebody else.

To be honest, acting was something where I got a chance to be somebody else and forget about the situation I was in.

I love acting because it's a bit of an escape. It gives you the ability to reinvent yourself. They say that acting is the shy man's revenge.

Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we want to resist the emotion that's there in front of us. I think there is always a catharsis that I look for and that makes the movie experience worthwhile.

Acting is therapeutic.

Acting's not therapy, but it can be therapeutic.

For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you.

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

Acting can be an amazingly cathartic thing - especially for young girls.

One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself.

I do find acting cathartic.

Acting is always therapeutic.

Acting has always been such escapism for me.

Acting's not particularly complicated. But the great thing is you can step into somebody else's shoes without dealing with the consequences. It's very therapeutic in that way.

Performing is my therapy, to become different people onstage.

The thing you do is escape from them by immersing myself in the character you're playing.

I can't even tell anyone how it feels when I'm acting, I don't mean to say that I don't have to try. But there's something in my heart that explodes, and I feel like I understand. When I'm acting, I feel like so in control and so centered. This is something that I solely get from acting and music. It's like love itself.

I loved musicals, and I loved Barbra Streisand, and I loved Louis Malle. My tastes were very bizarre, but the thing they all had in common is that they took me out of my life and made me feel something.

We all have movies for times in our lives when we really need something.

I think acting is therapeutic for me.

Musicals allow a depth of emotion that you don't get in another form of acting, the chord changes, the lyrics really affect people, so that in two hours, you've forgotten about things.

Acting brings up a lot of the past. I use my memories, whether they're good or bad.

As a youngster, when I started writing and stuff, I did actually write more from other people's perspectives. When I hit 18 and something happened to me that hurt me, I discovered that writing the truth is really therapeutic and amazing.

Voicing the role of Minnie has deeply affected me in many ways.

I fell so hard for the theater. I knew it was a place where you can sort out your life.