I went into show business because I love to work with people, and what I enjoy most about acting is rehearsing and getting to know people and their talents, forming relationships. Working in this business, barriers drop and you get into people real quickly.
I feel lucky. I think acting can help to keep you young. It does make you feel there's meaning in your life.
I think if you're half-hearted you shouldn't go into acting.
I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work.
Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they're in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find ways to release this kind of thing. And for me, it's acting. I find acting very therapeutic for whatever it is.
I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.
I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.
I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.
It's a blessing and a curse. But it's not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don't recommend acting at all.
Acting is a total physical, emotional sensation.
My dream as a youngster was to be like Olivier. To be a great stage actor. To be a great Shakespearean actor. To me that is the Olympics of acting.
The only thing I like about being an actress is acting.
Acting has been very useful to me.
Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody.