Actors Quote by Stella Maeve

The reason we like acting is connecting to other people.

— Jessica Chastain

Part of the reason of being an actor is you like playing other people's lives and exploring all the psychologies in that and the…

— Nicole Kidman

A lot of times, in film and TV, they just want you to play yourself. But, when you're someone who's more of a character…

— Carrie Preston

It's tricky playing people that you don't like and finding a way to empathise with them. It's challenging and very exciting for an actor.

— Carey Mulligan

I like it all. I love getting inside of people's heads and playing what drives people and what makes them do what they do.…

— Alicia Silverstone

Acting is a child's game. It's your willingness to suspend one reality and substitute it for another. That reality lives and breathes in your…

— Walton Goggins

I think the challenge for an actor is always to see which parts of you you can explore and go have fun with.

— Ally Walker

That's the joy of acting - you get to play people who are not you; you get to explore the dark, hidden sides of…

— Julie Kavner

I think that's the great thing about acting: you get to play different characters and enhance one part of yourself to really bring that…

— Danielle Campbell

I think the therapeutic part of acting is allowing myself to step into another human being's shoes. It allows me the ability to release…

— Sterling K. Brown

As an actor, it's exciting to play a role that's so far from what you are and to have people respond to it like…

— James Wolk

It's always a really great thing to have an actor that does make you want to up your game. It naturally motivates you to…

— Johnny Galecki