Jean-Louis Trintignant Quotes

You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.

I'm an actor. I love to create.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even if you do it for a living.

I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination.

You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.

I like acting; I like being lost in the creative process.

Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid to be on a set, pretending to be other people is fun.

I think acting is a work of imagination.

One of the joys about acting is researching.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

One of the great joys of being an actor is you get to go back to school.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

I'm an actor's director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life.

It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.

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

As an actor, you don't know what is going to come next.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

What do I love about acting? I love traveling, meeting new people, exploring and just doing what I love.

I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.

As an actor, being on autopilot is the worst thing possible.

There's always a sense of newness with acting, because every role, you come to every role fresh.

One of the first lessons you learn as an actor is to listen.