Ally Walker Quotes

That's one of the really cool things about being an actor. You get to explore all different parts of yourself.

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

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

I want to be on the screen, I want to play dress up every day, I want be different people, I want to have fun, and I want to use my imagination.

I'm an actor. I love to create.

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

To me acting originally became an extension of game playing.

For me, when I do my best acting, it's mainly imagination. Then I really have a lot of fun with it.

Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid to be on a set, pretending to be other people is fun.

I think acting is a work of imagination.

I like playing a variety of roles and characters, as it forces you to keep challenging yourself.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

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

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

The reason you want to act is to continue to explore every different part of the human psyche.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination.

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.

With any role, you're extending yourself and acting out things that never happened to you.

Sometimes acting is really cool because it forces you to exercise certain muscles in your personality that you wouldn't normally be called upon in life.

It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as.