Frame of mind Quote by Danielle LaPorte

Actors are part of a certain percentage of people on this planet who have an emotional vocabulary as a primary experience. It's as if…

— Mary McDonnell

An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor.

— Alan Bates

I always feel emotionally engaged in productions. If I ever get to the point where I don't feel emotionally engaged, maybe I should stop.…

— Gregory Doran

People are really emotionally affected by actors. And it's hard to know how to behave in a way that doesn't impose or withdraw. Because…

— Sharon Stone

People are really emotionally affected by actors. And it's hard to know how to behave in a way that doesn't impose or withdraw. Because…

— Sharon Stone

As actors, emotion is the sand in the sandbox for us. Without emotion, there's nothing to play - and we are playing. We know…

— Melissa Leo

It is only when an actor feels that his inner and outer life on the stage is flowing naturally and normally, in the circumstances…

— Constantin Stanislavski

Actors incorporate certain emotions from our own lives in order to create characters, and emotions come from experience.

— Daniela Vega

But when there were certain moments or scenes that required a very specific nuance or performance, I myself would act out the scene or…

— Kim Jee-woon

Every human being has a plethora of emotions. As an actor, we are lucky to take them out and portray onscreen. But in normal…

— Kay Kay Menon

There's an inherent responsibility actors feel when portraying something that actually exists in the world. It's arguably something that not all actors would agree…

— Monica Potter

When you're on set and you professionally listen to what the other actors have to say, then the emotion is naturally evoked.

— Shailene Woodley