Peter Hedges Quotes

Perhaps one never seems so much at ones ease as when one has to play a part.

I find it very hard to play a part, then take it off like a cheap suit and become Mr Normal - Mr. Nice Guy.

That's what show business is, sincere insincerity.

We all have our secrets, and we all have our deceptions. Acting, at its best, is all about deceiving people, and this makes it all the more interesting to us.

Tell a man that he is putting on a stage performance in order to get what he wants, and he will irritably reject your observation. Why? Because most people go through life as cunning actors with a permanent horror of getting found out.

I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since.

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.

Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it.

You scratch a preacher a little bit, and you'll get an actor.

Acting like the person I'm supposed to be has always been the easiest thing for me.

I'm really good at pretending.

I'm not acting, but I am acting.

The less you know about me, the easier it is to convince you that I am that character on screen.

All my work's been disguise, really: hiding behind the character.

Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal.

Well, I think any actor can probably identify with being a professional liar. You don't always look at yourself that way, but I know a lot of days I do.

Only a genius can play a fool.

For me, life is like an act within itself. Everything I do is an act. Where I'm going is an act.

One of the weird things about Hollywood is we're all imposters; we're all just glammed up.

You can tell when someone is putting on a role. If someone really believes in what they're saying, it's quite hard to find cracks.

I'm an actor, but I am an awful liar.

This to me is the secret comedy of all author interviews, down through the ages, even the good ones in the 'Paris Review' and places. They're all acting. It's like watching a person in a play.

O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end.

Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I'm not saying that's bad.