Betty Gilpin Quotes

I've always liked being on the performance end of it. I've come up with different ideas, but as far as being a creative writer, I'm not sure about that. I've always liked the performance end of it and wrestling, getting in the ring in front of a live crowd.

With acting, I started very young, and I'd performed for a lot of children in boarding schools, late at night after the dormitory lights were out. I'd have a flashlight, and I'd be Count Dracula, or Shakespeare, or Yogi Bear, and leap from bunk to bunk. I loved the laughter; I liked the way it made people feel.

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.

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

I always wanted to tell stories and act.

Theater is about surprises and things that you haven't seen before on stage.

Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.

Wrestling is to go out there and perform and make people believe that either of the performers in the ring can win - either the bad guy or the good guy.

To portray something that you're really not, it's like a little escape, and I love to act and to be dramatic. I feel like the wrestling ring in WWE is the perfect platform to do that. It's totally acceptable.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

Acting is the most communicative thing I can imagine doing.

Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies.

When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly be that guy who'd get up on stage. I used to write imaginary TV shows, like soap operas, for fun.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

What I enjoy most is that every day I get to play a new character.

I think wrestling is the one that presents theater for people who want to see some theater but don't necessarily have to dress up or be quiet while they're watching.

I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my own material and acted through that. That's my idea of fun. I get to be all these things in the songs.

People always make that mistake when they talk about theatre - the notion of the 'theatrical' meaning something separate from life. If it doesn't relate to life, it doesn't relate to anything.

I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make-believe.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

I love playing other people's work. I love acting.

To me acting originally became an extension of game playing.