Jane Fonda Quotes

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.

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

I felt very comfortable playing Don Draper, because I knew that Don Draper is a character - that Dick Whitman is playing Don Draper. I felt very comfortable in that manufactured-confidence mode. He himself is manufacturing it.

Acting is what I do with who I am.

When I am doing a fictional show, I become someone else. Reality shows keep you close to who you really are.

I was always amazed the way people would come in looking one way and transform completely to the point where I couldn't recognize their language, their accent, the way they looked, their hair, their face even changed becoming so inside of the character.

I came from stage in high school, and on stage you kind of overdo with putting on a character a little bit. Sometimes you become a character and sometimes the character becomes you.

A lot of being an actor is being something that people imagine you to be.

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.

I love disappearing. That's what acting is. For me it's about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It's my face, but I'm using it as a tool for that spirit, that character.

Modeling gave me an opportunity to be someone I'm not each day.

Roles make the actor.

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 became an actor so I didn't have to be myself.

Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.

The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you're in front of a camera or when you're on stage. There are some people who carry it all the time. That, to me, is not acting.

When playing a role, I would feel more comfortable, as you're given a prescribed way of behaving. So, both Facebook and theatre provide contrived settings that provide the illusion of social interaction.

I can't take the theater side out of myself.

As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.

Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself.

In all my years as an actor, I had never been me - I had always hidden behind my glasses, mustaches and funny voices.

In my work, I want to convince people that I'm that character. If they know everything about Lesley Manville - private life, all of that stuff - it doesn't help. So the kind of anonymity I enjoy is key.

I'm not really an impersonator.

Some actors play themselves, don't they?