Charles Keating Quotes

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

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

I'm an actor. I love to create.

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

When you're an actor, actually, you shouldn't come up with too many ideas.

I think acting is a work of imagination.

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.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

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

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

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.

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

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

The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.

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 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.

As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do.

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

Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it's just an extension of childhood play... Kids play and imagine in a very intense fashion and they don't need any director telling them, 'You really have to believe in it.' They believe in it completely.

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.

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

On some level, acting is the art of pretend, and you have to have a highly cultivated sense of imagination. You have to be able to see things that aren't there, no matter what aspect of acting, whether it's green screen, whether it's on stage, whether it's anything else, whether you're working on the radio.

Acting is still, of course, what I love to do most. The beauty of it is that by changing characters, it never gets boring.