Sidse Babett Knudsen Quotes

The stage is like a laboratory where you can run theatrical experiments, imposing interesting conditions on the cast or story and seeing how they pan out. Each new play is like creating a tiny virtual universe enclosed by the confines of the stage.

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that.

As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do.

I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with.

Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them.

Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.

I love the idea of real-life experiences finding their way into fiction. I think that's really cool.

The good thing about being an actor, and the gift of being an actor, is that you are beautifully forced to see the world with different eyes.

I keep getting amazing things to bring to life. There's always something to discover with 'Dr. Bailey,' something that brings her home to the audience, something that makes people say, 'I know that woman. I work with that woman.' It's incredibly flattering and I'm still finding new things with her all the time.

I'm trained in the theater, and acting, for me, is about the imaginative life I create for myself, not about basing it on something real. I think that whatever I create becomes the reality for the audience.

I'm coming from the notion that acting is an art. It is not a business. It is about building characters, not about selling personalities.

For me, acting is like a pool you dive into. If you're lucky, you find what you need, then get out again.

Acting-wise, I'm way more comfortable finding out new things about the actor in me and RJ as a person. There's a lot of new nuggets that I can dip in the sauce.

For me, the best moments in storytelling are the ones where I feel I'm discovering something.

For as long as I can remember, I was always creating random characters.

I find it really hard to throw myself into something artistically where I'm making up a whole character and finding something for that character to do.

The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being made, my performance.

My mother took me to a lot of operas and when I was eight I got the opportunity to be in one and I realized that transformation into these make-believe situations was possible. I decided that was essentially what I wanted to do with my life.

My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do.

You can't wait for someone to give you a show. That can't be the first time you're writing and drawing a character.

Seriously, my music really does help my acting, and, like, getting in and out of a character from a different lifestyle and writing a song about it. Likewise, my acting inspires the music because I can write a theme that I wouldn't necessarily approach at all in life.

I suppose there are actors who are worried about their public image. But I've never had any trouble playing unpleasant characters. It is only a part. Which is why you do it -because you are interested in exploring something you never could or would be.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

I just love to be able to actually build a character.

I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.