Costa Ronin Quotes

That's why I enjoy acting: getting in the mind of someone else.

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

The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just get in there and perfect your craft.

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.

The thing I like about acting is being able to lose yourself completely in someone else.

I don't think there's a certain part of a character I take with me. There's a certain part of me I leave with each character, though.

That's what I love about acting, you get to find little pieces of yourself in every character you play.

Look at Greg Jbara! I've watched him work for years, always switching. He's literally a different human being when he's onstage in 'Billy Elliot.' That's the fun of what we do.

That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.

It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

People say that they like the characters that they believe that I am. But, I don't as much. I like the characters that I believe that I am not. Like my role on 'Law and Order.' That character unnerved people. And I loved every second of it. I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.

Acting is a bigger step into modelling in a way. Modelling is easier when you don't look like yourself. When you look like a different person, you feel different. Acting goes deeper into that; you have to move and talk like that character. I love it.

In the moment of acting you don't feel like anything, you feel like the person, as much as you can.

By being an actor, one can explore various personalities of a human being, be that person, behave and live that person's life, and then you are back to your normal life.

When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture.

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

When watching movies, I was always inspired by the performances of the cast. Of course, the story and the direction and all that intrigued me. But what actors would propel themselves to do, and be, was awesome. It was like, how could these people give so much?

I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles.

As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is very imaginative.

Acting makes you live plenty of lives.

I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.

I don't even draw on my life experiences when I'm acting. I just try and make it feel like I'm living through that person's skin.

That's part of the beauty of being an actress: you get to explore different facets of what it is to be a human being and what it is to explore different personalities, and actually, that's one of the things I love about it.

As an actor, it's exciting to play a role that's so far from what you are and to have people respond to it like a real human being!

If Brando can do Capote and I can do Brando - well then, I can do Capote.