Absolutely Quote by Michael Caine

My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch.

— Michael Caine

Acting is not that far from mental disease: An actor works on splitting his character into others. It is like a kind of schizophrenia.

— Vittorio Gassman

Normal people - i.e., people who aren't actors - are the most bizarre people you can ever come across. I'll talk to someone and…

— Michael Sheen

What makes an actor, I think, is a combination of a deep curiosity about life and a case of the crazies.

— Nina Arianda

I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind…

— Samantha Morton

I think all actors have a strange quirk about them. They're different than the usual run of people. They have a way of dramatizing…

— Agnes Moorehead

We all have aspects of ourselves that we my not be aware of. Actors in particular - they have multiple personality disorder. They get…

— Brad Anderson

Actors are able to trick themselves into treating anything as if it's fantastic. It's a kind of madness really.

— Tom Baker

I am glad that many, especially actors, have started opening up about their mental health issues.

— Bhumika Chawla

Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they’re clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you.

— Gary Oldman

I think a reason why actors get reputations for being crazy and neurotic is because your life task is constantly in flux.

— Ari Graynor

I suppose actors crave attention of some kind or they have suffered some form of arrested development and are still living in a sort…

— Hugh Laurie