Allison Mack Quotes

Everything I put on stage is real; that's what my life is. My emotions - I wear them on my sleeve. I'm definitely putting my heart out there when I'm on stage.

Broadway is amazing because you're performing for such an intimate group of people. You're living in the moment and whatever happens happens, and you go on. You can't say cut and redo it, you have to be on the whole time.

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

I'm really not interested in acting as a facade, I'm interested in it as an emotional expression and as a transcendent experience for an individual. I find that a lot of people, a lot of young actors, haven't gotten to the point where they're comfortable being stripped down. They're still interested in ornate jackets.

In stand up every joke is thought about so meticulously, and one word can completely change how the audience responds. You're up there with no safety net; you can't shirk responsibility. It's your thoughts; it's your voice. You can't blame it on the writing, you can't blame it on the editor. You are just up there completely naked.

Acting seems much easier than singing, in fact, because you are putting on a costume - whereas here you are taking everything off.

Playing live is closer to theatre, although when you're up there on your own, it's quite scary and revealing because you're playing your own songs. It's like a one man show that you've written yourself.

I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.

Whereas with us - what you hear is what's happening right then and there on the stage - so we don't need no stinking technology.

I think the best acting is when you allow yourself to be kind of vulnerable in the moment.

I think any actor would agree that you can't replace theater. It's immediate. You have the energy of the crowd and every single night it's different.

There's nothing more fun than acting on stage with a live audience and that immediate feedback.

To put on a performance, you have to be emotional. You can't be a zombie.

I think actors are brave souls that have to use parts of themselves that I'm just not comfortable doing anymore.

Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavoury.

Performing is a profound experience, at least for me.

I'm really vulnerable onstage because it's just me. I'm not really trying to put up a front or act a certain way.

Live stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There's nothing like a live audience.

In recitals, you are naked before the audience - well, naked with your jacket and tails. The audience sees and hears the real person, not some role you are interpreting.

Acting was merely a pastime; I wanted to make films. But theatre, ah - now that was a labour of love. Can there be anything better than performing without retakes and cuts, in front of people you can see, hearing them breathe in the darkness of the hall?

I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough. The more they reveal themselves, the more we love them, but there's a lot of truth in what they're showing.

I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.

Intimacy comes from being yourself on the stage and making the audience feel, without trying, that you're sittin' down there with 'em, playing, and that can happen in a big hall, if you have a good audience that want to listen.