Tom Welling Quotes

With acting, it wouldn't be about money: it would be about taking my life experiences and using them to create art.

One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself.

Acting has always been a way for me to express myself, and show all my vulnerabilities and flaws through my characters.

A really fun part of getting to be an actor is exploring those parts of yourself that you wouldn't otherwise explore.

I thought as an actress I would be able to have broader emotional experiences, but then I quickly figured out that I wanted to think about tragic dramas, not act in them.

One of the nice things about acting is that it allows you to open up to the other people within you.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint set, and the colors are always exciting to choose.

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

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.

When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.

As an actor, you express certain things because they need to be expressed, and then you don't really feel a need to do it again. I want to feel something else, you know?

The interesting thing about acting is using all your own stuff and having some kind of personal catharsis while you're working.

Acting is my first love. There are still so many characters inside of me that are waiting to come out.

I look for characters that offer me opportunities to explore some aspect of the human condition. I think a lot of actors would say that and would look for that. I've been lucky enough to find projects that let me do that.

There's nothing more thrilling than watching great actors say things that you wrote and bring them to life.

The best feeling you can ever have when you're working on a show is that the characters are still inside you, and they have a lot left to do.

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

I do this acting thing mostly for myself. I like to make a connection and communicate with the audience to make myself feel less lonely. I also do it to develop my own character, so sometimes I do it to just be away in a certain area that I've never been to. But mostly, the story has to do something for me.

The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role - unless you're just vain about celebrity. You're always looking for the one thing that will surprise you.

'Little Fish' has reminded me why I fell in love with acting in the first place.

When I'm creating a character, I don't see it so much as playing someone else as just playing a specific part of myself under certain circumstances.

I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.'

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.

To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer.