Acting Quote by Stewart O'Nan

When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world.

— Stewart O'Nan

I'm an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character. Like the…

— Corey Stoll

I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind…

— Felicity Kendal

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

There's a kind of acting that goes on in my head when I'm writing a character where I put myself in their place.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“In our society most of us wear protective masks (psychological ones) of various kinds, and for various reasons. Very often, the end result is…

— Clarence John Laughlin

You try, as an actor, to wear a mask; you're serving a story.

— Mark Rylance

When I take on a character, it's a sacrifice. There's something that you give up every time. I want to become these characters, and…

— Brie Larson

You have to be completely in the character, and that's so hard to do. That's why, when they call, 'Cut!,' you often feel yourself…

— Janet Montgomery

When I'm composing a scene for the first time, I try to imitate my character. The less critical distance the better - particularly when…

— Jonathan Dee

In our society, most of us wear protective masks of various kinds and for various reasons. Very often the end result is that the…

— Clarence John Laughlin

No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.

— Seneca the Younger