Actress Quote by Elisabeth Shue

There seem to be two sorts of actors. Some people play themselves marvellously, and others, like me, rather like to become someone else.

— Eileen Atkins

Actors use who they are to be someone else, but I would hate to ever think I'm playing myself. It's imagining being someone else…

— Ralph Fiennes

I don't know how to play myself. I'm not interested enough in myself. That's just not how I was educated. That's not how I…

— Corey Stoll

Whenever I've been asked to be in a film, directors only want me to play myself... I'm fascinated by the thought of being an…

— Tom Jones

It would be easy to say that I want to play a role that was very much like myself, but more or less with…

— Summer Altice

I'm an actor, and everything about me - the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world - has been in…

— Al Pacino

Being an actress, I want to play people that are not like me or the characters I've previously played. It's easier to get roles…

— Jessica Barden

People ask, 'Why would you cast yourself in your movie?' And, for me, it's more like an achievement that I am now not playing…

— Miranda July

The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself.

— Cameron Monaghan

“I have never thought of myself as an actor, thought I play about 500 different characters in the show. Actors play someone else I…

— Noel Fielding

I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.

— Mary Tyler Moore

Like an actor who transforms into the character that they're playing, you can transform into yourself.

— Leeza Gibbons