Manila Luzon Quotes

As actors, we get to hide. You can change your hair and your accent, and it's not you. You have tricks, these masks.

I'm always in disguise in one form or another in my plays.

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

I always loved dressing up and telling stories.

Acting is what I do with who I am.

All men in makeup are playing a part.

We are all doing drag. Every single person on this planet is doing it.

My first experiences with fashion were dressing up. It was always about fantasy for me. Dressing up as characters . . . I always thought that's what clothes were - that they would make you into the person you wanted to be. I'm an actress, so I love to act, and I think that's one of the most important things - the thing that makes you feel like another person.

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.

Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody.

As an actor, there are so many different people to hide behind.

I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.

To me, getting to do music and videos, you work on a character. Being onstage is acting; you get to be larger than life and larger than yourself.

What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise.

I find it really cool when people have this artist persona they can put on. They can go out and act like this other person; I can't pull that off... I can't censor myself.

I love to act and put on a show, but you're playing a character all the time. For music, it's really just me being myself.

They have become part of us in that if we get dressed up as them, we don't actually have to have a script. You can just become them. You just become nervy.

I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.

Costume is a huge part of getting into character. Your body soaks in what you're wearing, and you turn into someone else.

It's more enjoyable when I'm disguised in some way; stepping into someone else's shoes is part of the reason why I became an actor.

Singing is an incredible expression and something that is important to me, but where I feel comfortable with how much I reveal about myself is acting. I enjoy the characters, the costumes, the wigs and just being a chameleon.

Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.

When I played Candy Darling in 'I Shot Andy Warhol,' that was easy to play that part. They made me into a woman: I'm in heels; I'm waxed. I'm gonna find the femininity and lay on the bed and take the voice of an old movie star.

What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.

That's the wonderful thing about acting - you play a role. It's about humanity, rather than labeling.