Christina Ricci Quotes

As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is very imaginative.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.

Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.

Every time you get on a stage or in front of a camera, the whole exercise is about imagination. You're constantly depicting something that doesn't exist, and trying to find the reality of it. Once you settle on that premise, everything else is a matter of degrees.

That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.

You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.

On some level, acting is the art of pretend, and you have to have a highly cultivated sense of imagination. You have to be able to see things that aren't there, no matter what aspect of acting, whether it's green screen, whether it's on stage, whether it's anything else, whether you're working on the radio.

A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can.

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

I'm an actor. I love to create.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

As an actor, the only thing you have is your instinct and your imagination.

Acting is different from mental gymnastics. You try to discover as much about the character as you can, but a large area is mysterious.

I think acting is a work of imagination.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It brings back that element of pretend.

I see all these people talking about acting as a great spiritual thing. It's not. There's no great mystery to acting. It's a very simple thing to do, but you have to work hard at it. It's about asking questions and using your imagination.

Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.

See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to improvise and make it my own.' No, my first job as an actor is to take what's written and make it work. And then, if they want me to improvise, I'll do that.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.