Lucy Liu Quotes

Being an actor in movies is a lot about the power of your imagination and making the circumstance real to you so the audience will feel that it's real.

That's precisely what we do as actors: try to convince the audience we are somebody else. And if you can do that, you are really doing something.

I think if you're good and you can persuade people you're going to be able to do that role and ultimately the audience buys it, then it doesn't matter whether you were really a chimpanzee in disguise! You've done it.

There's a oneness to showing yourself to an audience. They feel that. It's healthy. That's what acting is all about.

Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they'd probably throw you out. That's very hard.

I'm not a pyrotechnical director; I'm not good with all those innovative things. What I am interested in is how actors can touch the heads and hearts of an audience.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

You can watch someone on-stage cry and cry - but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to become indulgent. For me, what's important is the story first.

There's a joy I think people feel from... my performance.

Acting and singing are actually very similar because they're both telling a story.

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

It doesn't matter how beautifully a film is photographed. The acting tells your story. It's what people relate to. If you don't believe the characters, it doesn't work.

I'd love to star in dark drama that audiences could really relate to.

I've always really liked theater. It fascinated me. You can create a reality and get people involved in that reality. It takes place in real time.

I still feel I belong to the theatre. There is nothing more challenging and exciting for an actor than performing before a live audience. The stage is the real testing ground for an actor.

With the theatre, for God's sake, everything makes sense. You create a clear sequential reality for a specific audience at one particular time.

I've always seen myself as one of those 'show people.' My earliest memories are wanting and needing to entertain people, like a gypsy traveler who goes from place to place, city to city, performing for audiences and reaching people.

Acting is the most communicative thing I can imagine doing.

When I was dancing, whether it was the music or the story, the question was 'Why am I doing this piece, and why am I dancing?' It is exactly the same when you are acting. You have a very close relationship with your body movement. You have to find the physicality of your character.

I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

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

All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.

My greatest satisfaction in acting on television is to have the opportunity to communicate with the world.

I love intimacy, always, of performing.