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> [You can play anyone if you're open enough. It's a form of possession. Each time you work on something, you allow yourself to be possessed by creating the environment for it. Then you allow the possession to happen - but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/you-can-play-anyone-if-you-re-open-enough-it-s-a-form-of-possession/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

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## More by Stephen Lang

> [I have a penchant for playing God's clowns. Actually, I played Nijinsky once, and he used to call himself God's clown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/i-have-a-penchant-for-playing-god-s-clowns-actually-i-played-nijinsky/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

> [I love the stage. It's terrifying in a way that film and television is not. When you're about to go out, and you're adrenaline…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/i-love-the-stage-it-s-terrifying-in-a-way-that-film-and-television-is/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

> [I get a lot of people coming up to me and saying, 'I really hate you.' And they say it in the nicest possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/i-get-a-lot-of-people-coming-up-to-me-and-saying-i-really-hate-you/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

> [I've always been curious about why one man jumps out of a foxhole with a grenade and charges a machine gun nest, and his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/i-ve-always-been-curious-about-why-one-man-jumps-out-of-a-foxhole/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

> [I love scenes that are just emotional give and take. By the same token, action sequences are great to do. They have their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/i-love-scenes-that-are-just-emotional-give-and-take-by-the-same-token/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

> [On some level, acting is the art of pretend, and you have to have a highly cultivated sense of imagination. You have to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/on-some-level-acting-is-the-art-of-pretend-and-you-have-to-have-a/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

> [I'm always reading plays, and when I find something that I really want to do, then I'll make the time to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/i-m-always-reading-plays-and-when-i-find-something-that-i-really-want/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

> [With correction, and given the chance, 'Terra Nova' can and will deliver seasons of transcendent images and story-telling. Failing to renew 'Terra Nova' is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/with-correction-and-given-the-chance-terra-nova-can-and-will-deliver/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

> [I've always been curious as to why one man jumps out of a fox-hole with a grenade and charges a machine gun nest and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/i-ve-always-been-curious-as-to-why-one-man-jumps-out-of-a-fox-hole/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

> [Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/your-primary-tools-as-an-actor-are-observation-and-imagination-you/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

> [I loved Laurel and Hardy and TV shows like 'Robin Hood' and 'Rama of the Jungle'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/i-loved-laurel-and-hardy-and-tv-shows-like-robin-hood-and-rama-of-the/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

> [I don't want to, in any way, characterize a race or a people or get accused of racial profiling, but the Irish, as lyrical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/i-don-t-want-to-in-any-way-characterize-a-race-or-a-people-or-get/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

> [I've played the clarinet since I was a kid. I love to sing, but I'm not much of a singer. Let's say that when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/i-ve-played-the-clarinet-since-i-was-a-kid-i-love-to-sing-but-i-m-not/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

> [I don't think there is a role that I did twenty years ago that I couldn't do better now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/i-don-t-think-there-is-a-role-that-i-did-twenty-years-ago-that-i/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

> [I like to understand, very specifically, what it is I'm seeing, and where it is and where it's going, and a lot of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/i-like-to-understand-very-specifically-what-it-is-i-m-seeing-and/)

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