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So many actors are not open in front of the camera – they have a persona.

Jane Campion

Great acting is being able to create a character. Great character is being able to be yourself.

John Leguizamo

And once you cease to be a real person, you stop being a good actor.

Scott Speedman

The hardest thing to do as an actor is to be simplistic, and to just be.

Julie Benz

If the costumes are wrong, you feel awful in them and it lessens your acting.

Joan Chen

Nobody “becomes” a character. You can’t act unless you are who you are.

Marlon Brando

I didn’t need the elf outfit to play an elf; I could just play an elf.

Bob Newhart

The best acting is instinctive. It’s not intellectual, it’s not mechanical, it’s instinctive.

Craig MacDonald

Acting’s not about nose jobs and liposuction. It’s about being truthful to what you’re doing.

Phylicia Rashad

An actor is an expert at being someone else. A speaker is an expert at being themselves.

Olivia

Doing a scene truthfully is very similar to doing a song truthfully. They’re really parallel.

Chip Esten

Great acting is all about being in the moment, being in the present tense.

Tom Hooper

You don’t do characters that are the same as you, otherwise why bother to act?

Tom Selleck

Sincerity is the most important thing in acting. Once you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

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