Acting Quote by Rodney Dangerfield

I have to phrase this perfectly: I'm just not convinced that the attention we give to creating what we think of as a character…

— Stephen Dillane

Acting is about giving yourself away, like the U2 song 'With or Without You.' You just don't stay behind a character and make people…

— Catherine Hicks

Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and…

— Haley Joel Osment

Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.

— River Phoenix

As an actor, there are so many different people to hide behind.

— Kevin Connolly

I don't think that there's much hiding that actors can do. If you're doing good work, you're showing a part of yourself to someone.

— Kristen Stewart

Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience.

— Leo Rosten

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

— Ron Cephas Jones

Acting is a way of hiding, but hiding in another skin as a male person was exhausting.

— Rebecca Root

As an actor, there's nothing worse than having to hide anything, because you're just so aware of it.

— Melanie Scrofano

You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive.

— Emily Mortimer

As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.

— Russell Hornsby