Ellen Page Quotes

In the moment of acting you don't feel like anything, you feel like the person, as much as you can.

You create this human being, and then you are that human being for the next six months. It's amazing. I think that's the blessing and the curse of being an actor. You get to be pretty much anything you want to be.

What I like doing is being a different person. Every character is kind of different. So being able to be that person and then when you leave you're yourself again. So it's kind of weird to be like two different people, and I think that's kind of fun.

That's why I enjoy acting: getting in the mind of someone else.

I like to disappear in the parts I play.

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.

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

That's why I'm an actress - escaping into a world.

What I learned about acting is that you become the character, like I became 'Timothy Green.'

By being an actor, one can explore various personalities of a human being, be that person, behave and live that person's life, and then you are back to your normal life.

Sometimes you become friends with the characters you portray.

In a weird way, I live vicariously through the characters I play as an actor.

I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.

I don't even draw on my life experiences when I'm acting. I just try and make it feel like I'm living through that person's skin.

The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop.

That's, to me, the ultimate goal - to disappear inside another character and bring them so fully to life that I've convinced other human beings that it's a real person.

Acting is a way to escape who you are for a short period of time. It doesn't happen all the time, but every now and then, the sensation of being 'other' is very profound. You get this moment where you are no longer yourself. You lose consciousness of the crew or the audience... it's a thrilling moment. And even quite spiritual.

I'd never played a character as long as I played Poussey. Spending time with her, so much time embodying that character, it was so - and still is and always will be - so special to me and a part of who I am.

We play many emotions in our careers, emotions that in real life we would perform just once. For example, my character has died in about 10 films, so you have to keep searching for different ways to do it!

As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.

The beauty of acting is you just get lost in it. You play the character, and you hope that it works.

There are elements of myself in every character I do, just because you take from your real life experiences and sprinkle those into your character.

When you step inside a set and transform into a character, it's your first brush with that role. It doesn't matter who you have worked with. Every character will be a first in your life as an artiste.

This is the most rewarding experience ever, taking on the role of Thunder as an actress. I'm just grateful and honored to give my voice to Thunder because she's so bold.

In acting you have to not be yourself. It's like whatever character is put on, you have to just to turn into that person.