Acting Quote by Stephen Rea

The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you're in front of a camera or when you're on stage.…

— Ernest Borgnine

In acting you have to not be yourself. It's like whatever character is put on, you have to just to turn into that person.

— Ginuwine

When I'm on an adult set and I'm in a scene, I am myself. I'm not acting. I am playing to the camera, definitely,…

— Sasha Grey

You're used to having a camera in your face when you're playing a character - it's like having a mask on. But when you…

— Sheridan Smith

You can only be yourself, and it sounds cheesy, but when it comes to filmmaking, there's really nowhere to hide.

— Ryan Gosling

On stage I just have to be myself. In acting you have to be so many other people.

— Kumail Nanjiani

I'm an actress. You can hide behind your character when you're acting - you're not being yourself.

— Michelle Keegan

For women and men, but especially women, with on camera acting you have to look a certain way. You have to present yourself as…

— Ashly Burch

Everything about acting is a challenge. I'm self-conscious. You couldn't do anything to cause me to be more self-conscious than to stick a camera…

— Billy Campbell

I think that some people like to be someone other than themselves when acting, while others are most themselves. I fall into the second…

— Kerry Bishe

In a certain way, acting is an extension of myself. What I really am, I am not able to put on paper. Everything is…

— Keith Stanfield

Acting isn't being who you are on screen. It's pretending that you're someone else.

— Margaret Hoover