Stella Maeve Quotes

Acting's not particularly complicated. But the great thing is you can step into somebody else's shoes without dealing with the consequences. It's very therapeutic in that way.

There's so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow as you act and become somebody else.

I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life.

Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you don't have to take it home with you at night. It's the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting.

Performing is my therapy, to become different people onstage.

One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.

To be honest, acting was something where I got a chance to be somebody else and forget about the situation I was in.

Acting, for me, was therapeutic. It was a way of expressing yourself.

I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.

Acting is therapeutic.

I have been blessed with roles that allow me to express something very personal at a specific time in my life. I seek them out; acting is my therapy.

Music can be a source of escapism.

I started acting because I was miserable and crazy and wanted to be someone else, to run around and scream in front of people without getting in trouble.

You have license in front of the camera to do things, feel certain emotions that you don't get to in real life. It can be addicting.

Yeah, to me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration.

My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch, except that we get this sort of catharsis every six months or so, and we go and be absolutely someone else.

Acting is always therapeutic.

For me, acting is like a therapy. I can express myself fully when I am acting and have blood in my veins. Even when I'm not working, I'm always living in my own world, imagining characters.

I think that's why I'm an actor: so I can tell those stories without having to really live through those stories with real consequences and real stakes, real responsibility.

Acting has always been such escapism for me.

I think the reason I'm an actor is the joy I find from escaping and going to be somebody else. That's what I have fun doing.

Acting is a way of living out one's insanity.

The interesting thing about acting is using all your own stuff and having some kind of personal catharsis while you're working.

Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful, even if it was just vicariously.

Acting is a bit of a substitute for life.