Brittany Murphy Quotes

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

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.

I'm an actor's director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life.

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

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

Acting, to me, is being given the freedom and ability to play, and that's - that's what I love most about it. I feel very comfortable in playing, whether it be in front of a camera or on stage.

I think acting is a work of imagination.

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

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even if you do it for a living.

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.

You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.

I think acting is a gift.

Acting is still, of course, what I love to do most. The beauty of it is that by changing characters, it never gets boring.

What do I love about acting? I love traveling, meeting new people, exploring and just doing what I love.

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

I've been on stage and been an actor for many years and used different mediums.

Acting is constant exploration.

I love acting. I just love it. It's in my bones.

I love acting. It's the one job I know of where you can go in, go through complete catharsis - emotionally, physically sometimes and mentally - and at the end of the day say, 'See you in the pub, guys.'

I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

One of the great joys of being an actor is you get to go back to school.

Well, I do lie for a living. I'm an actor.

Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it's just an extension of childhood play... Kids play and imagine in a very intense fashion and they don't need any director telling them, 'You really have to believe in it.' They believe in it completely.

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