Molly Quinn Quotes

I like to get far away from myself when I'm acting.

As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.

Acting is a way to escape who you are for a short period of time. It doesn't happen all the time, but every now and then, the sensation of being 'other' is very profound. You get this moment where you are no longer yourself. You lose consciousness of the crew or the audience... it's a thrilling moment. And even quite spiritual.

I like to disappear in the parts I play.

The further away you can get away from yourself as an actor, the more fun you have.

I got into acting for the chance to be many different people and many different characters. I love hiding in a role and doing the research. If there is an opportunity to change my body, I will change my body. I'll slip in and disguise myself in a role. That is a really big treat for me.

It's easier to see in someone else, another actor, how they kind of disappear and then this other persona appears. A great actor is a thing of mystery.

Some actors say they don't know themselves at all, and that's why they act: because they can disappear into other people.

I can express the brooding part of myself on-screen. It's kind of fun to get to do the bratty things I really wouldn't do. And then I get to go back to my regular life.

I love acting... I really do. I love crawling into another character's skin. That's something that I've always, always, always, always wanted.

I like to be other people, not me. And when you're on the red carpet, it's like, 'Here's Tom Hardy.' I don't want to be me. That's why I play other people.

It's a great challenge to get to play a real-life character. Every actor would love to get a chance, at least once in his life, to play a real-life character.

One of the great things about acting is you can do things that in real life would get you in trouble. I think that's something I figured out pretty early on.

I never act my characters - I am them.

I started acting because I was miserable and crazy and wanted to be someone else, to run around and scream in front of people without getting in trouble.

When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing.

With films, you completely immerse yourself in a character, get into who they are, live it and then release it.

My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch, except that we get this sort of catharsis every six months or so, and we go and be absolutely someone else.

I've played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.

Tilda Swinton is a great example of a person who completely disappears into a role.

A performer needs to feel the part to be the part!

I try to allow the spirit of the character to live through me. That's the only way I know how to approach acting. I have to live it.

So the mask was just really easy, I've got to be honest. And it was great actually because it really allowed you to get into the character a little bit more maybe than without it, if that makes sense.

Some actors can distance themselves from the parts they play, but I fall into the category who use bits of themselves.

Acting is a way of living out one's insanity.