--- title: "9 Portray Real Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Portray Real quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Portray Real sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/john-francis-daley-29820_actor_a-lot-of-the-time-as-an-actor-you-don-t_488219.jpg" --- > [A lot of the time, as an actor, you don't have the freedom to change what your lines are, and they can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-francis-daley/a-lot-of-the-time-as-an-actor-you-don-t-have-the-freedom-to-change/) [John Francis Daley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-francis-daley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/john-francis-daley-29820_actor_a-lot-of-the-time-as-an-actor-you-don-t_488219.jpg) > [To portray a real-life character is the toughest job for an actor because one never knows which direction to flow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angad-bedi/to-portray-a-real-life-character-is-the-toughest-job-for-an-actor/) [Angad Bedi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angad-bedi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97d/angad-bedi-6323_actor_to-portray-a-real-life-character-is-the_2596069.jpg) > [It's tough to be an actor and it's tough to portray a real person, and it's tough to play two people adding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oren-moverman/it-s-tough-to-be-an-actor-and-it-s-tough-to-portray-a-real-person-and/) [Oren Moverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oren-moverman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/oren-moverman-23193_actors_it-s-tough-to-be-an-actor-and-it-s-tough_1422676.jpg) > [“The harder I try to realistically portray real things, the more the things that appear in my work have a tendency to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-harder-i-try-to-realistically-portray-real-things-the-more-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/haruki-murakami-21_real-things_the-harder-i-try-to-realistically-portra_971005.jpg) > [Sometimes I don't want to go out and socialize; I just want to watch my favorite shows and comedians. But then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-peck/sometimes-i-don-t-want-to-go-out-and-socialize-i-just-want-to-watch/) [Josh Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/josh-peck-13992_comedian_sometimes-i-don-t-want-to-go-out-and-soc_785978.jpg) > [My job is to portray real human beings and real human experiences, and if I haven't had a real human experience myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-browning/my-job-is-to-portray-real-human-beings-and-real-human-experiences-and/) [Emily Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/emily-browning-15382_able_my-job-is-to-portray-real-human-beings-a_375455.jpg) > [People do things on Instagram and put on a front and try to live a life that they may not really want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriella-wilson/people-do-things-on-instagram-and-put-on-a-front-and-try-to-live-a/) [Gabriella Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriella-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/gabriella-wilson-6580_believe_people-do-things-on-instagram-and-put-on_120461.jpg) > [As an actor, having to portray a real-life person of extreme talent is fine as long as you're not playing the part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-lester/as-an-actor-having-to-portray-a-real-life-person-of-extreme-talent-is/) [Adrian Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-lester/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/adrian-lester-6198_actor_as-an-actor-having-to-portray-a-real-lif_2261163.jpg) > [What we're supposed to do as actors is be able to portray real human beings and emotions. And if you grow up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-browning/what-we-re-supposed-to-do-as-actors-is-be-able-to-portray-real-human/) [Emily Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/emily-browning-15382_able_what-we-re-supposed-to-do-as-actors-is-b_1958.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/portray-real/#itemlist", "name": "Portray Real Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lot of the time, as an actor, you don't have the freedom to change what your lines are, and they can often be very unnatural or difficult to portray in a real light.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Francis Daley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-francis-daley/a-lot-of-the-time-as-an-actor-you-don-t-have-the-freedom-to-change/", "image": { 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