Acting Quote by Jenna Elfman

I think that's almost what it is sometimes if you sum up what acting is. It's just the ultimate expression of empathy.

— Emily Blunt

That's what acting is: really make-believe.

— Jason Robards

When you play a character, you commit yourself to their beliefs.

— Jonathan Pryce

Actors usually respond to minor aspects of their own character or things that even feel disparate from themselves.

— Jeff Perry

It is quite impossible to understand the character of a person from one action, however striking that action may be.

— Arthur Helps

It's strange how the mind works while you're acting, because you have all sorts of quick thoughts going on as well as the motivations…

— Mark Rylance

Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe.

— Kirk Douglas

Acting is revealing the truth that is already within you and that reflects the character that you're doing.

— Ron Cephas Jones

In many ways, acting is really like a science to me to figure out the human behavior of any character that I'm playing.

— Pauley Perrette

As an actor, I function from a place of compassion and empathy - you have to believe 100 percent what your character is doing,…

— Clare Bowen

In my experience, it's usually up to the actor how a character is portrayed.

— Richard Dreyfuss

As the actor, you just have to believe in what your character is doing in order to play them.

— Kristen Bell