Andrew Lincoln Quotes

People come to the theatre to be excited and uplifted - I want to inspire my audience.

At the end of the day, audiences just want to laugh and be entertained. They want to escape from their reality, and that's why we make movies, to get people to escape from the realities.

I like it when I go into a cinema and I'm not aware that I'm there; I'm totally involved in the film for two hours.

The reason I'm an actor and am trying to make my way in drama is to move people, to affect people, to gain a response - so these people who come up to you in the street are your audience.

We all do that thing which is the best in movies - we relate.

In my acting, I have tried to do this - to present to audiences a living creature in whom they can recognise themselves or someone they know.

'The Voice' is not just a singing competition. It really comes down to how you come off as a person and how you connect with America with your story, and being relatable to people.

Part of the allure of watching characters on-screen is to be able to put yourself in his or her shoes or to be able to relate to what he or she is going through or what he or she is thinking.

One result of moviemaking - and a side effect of moviegoing - is familiarity. If an actor is particularly good, familiarity opens into something deeper: care, concern, identification, empathy. Yet even those concepts can feel inadequate for some actors.

I tend to find that movies have become so slick that I have trouble identifying with the characters.

If I can transport audiences for the three or four hours they're at the opera, to make them forget all of their worries, the bills they have to pay and all that, then I've done my job. That, for me, is very gratifying.

Most successful musicals need to attach themselves to something bigger than themselves, a concept that will make people feel immediately connected to it.

People relate to my characters and see me in a different way. They identify with me and remember the nuances of my characters.

If people don't connect to Eric Carter's struggles, I'm sure they'll find a character in this series to connect to. That's ultimately what it's about for me.

It's all you want as an actor: to have a story people want to be told.

I'm an actor, and I want to play flawed characters, and I'm a writer that wants to write flawed characters, trying to let something out and hoping people relate through that or have fun experiencing the story.

It's fun to play a character that you can identify with.

It's every actor's dream to be called the character's name.

As an actress, my ultimate goal is to create a universal experience in my acting.

Acting is an amazing job. I'm very lucky to do it, and when you're working with terrific people, telling stories you care about, and know it reaches an audience who care about it, too, there is an escapism in that.

People like to be moved, that's why they're here listening to you instead of sitting at home with the Shipping Forecast.

Once you step on stage, the people are actually looking to be transformed. That's why they showed up; that's why they spent some money. And great performances do that.

I wish to continue to essay roles that will help me find my place in the audience's hearts.

We enjoy playing small shows, big shows, whatever. There's the energy of the visual production, and all that stuff starts to happen, so when you see it come to life, it's pretty exciting.

Wrestling and sports entertainment is not about the moves, it really isn't. It's about being able to evoke emotion in one facet or another.