Acting Quote by Kevin Young

If there's a role you're playing and there's a great deal of material to explore because the person was real then it's a completely…

— Emma Thompson

Acting isn't a game of "pretend." It's an exercise in being real.

— Sidney Poitier

It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character.

— Christian McKay

As an actor, I need to convince the audience that the character that I'm playing is real, and the situation that this character is…

— Ok Taec-yeon

I can only play characters that I feel like are real people and in a complete way and in such a whole way that…

— Kristen Stewart

Acting is the art of being and existing, and not being fake.

— Omari Hardwick

Acting isn't necessarily pretending. It's storytelling. It's giving someone your perspective on something.

— Crystal Bowersox

When you play a character that's someone real, when you're playing a true story, it's really great, 'cause you're not pretending to make up…

— Michael Madsen

Every role is approached in exactly the same way, you have to make it believable and that's all. Acting is really serious, like, pretending…

— Stanley Tucci

In order to make characters real - no matter what the character is doing - you have to see yourself as capable of having…

— Regina Doman

When I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters.…

— Stephenie Meyer

When I read 'Be real, don't get caught acting,' I thought, 'How the hell do you do that?'.

— Billy Connolly