Mia Maestro Quotes

I find often in Hollywood there are many people who play themselves really beautifully. And certain parts are not that dissimilar from who you are as a person. And there are other parts where you would like to think that you have nothing in common with those characters, but you probably do have more than you think.

I think all characters that we play are facets of ourselves.

I don't think there's a certain part of a character I take with me. There's a certain part of me I leave with each character, though.

I think it's always difficult no matter how similar your characters are to yourself to get into that mindset, because however much they are similar to you, they're not you.

Sometimes an actor performs a character, but sometimes an actor just performs. With writing, I don't think it's performing a character, really, if the character you're performing is yourself. I don't see that as playing a role. It's just appearing in public.

My first experiences with fashion were dressing up. It was always about fantasy for me. Dressing up as characters . . . I always thought that's what clothes were - that they would make you into the person you wanted to be. I'm an actress, so I love to act, and I think that's one of the most important things - the thing that makes you feel like another person.

I think when you're playing a character in any film it's so crucial to have the costume that makes you feel like you're going to be that character.

I think the beautiful thing about acting is you don't really know who you are. You're able to be whatever you want any day during the week.

It's been such a struggle to learn all that I have; I wouldn't want to give any of that knowledge up. That's why I've always loved acting; as a kid, I didn't necessarily like my real life, so I could escape into these other characters and experience a life completely different from my own.

I think in every character there are aspects of yourself that you bring to it. But then it would be really boring to just play yourself.

I always say that I can play sort of six variations on one girl, all of whom are a variation on me. Maybe I'll think of myself as an actor if, like, I do a corset drama.

With every character, you alter, you can’t be attached to your own identity.

I think there are parts of myself in every character I play.

I want things to be characters and not me. Why would I want to play me?

That's what I love about acting, you get to find little pieces of yourself in every character you play.

As an actor, you're always playing different people, so you yourself are always kind of going through an identity crisis.

The idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting.

You have to find out how to become the character.

I like to do things in which I'm playing someone else entirely.

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

I just find it thrilling, especially when I totally lock in to the person that I am doing and I'm really flying... I suppose I am hiding myself when I sing as these other people.

I choose roles that are not me.

One of the things I love about acting is that I can enter into these other people's lives. But going back to being me at the end of the day is very important, too. That process of remembering who I am.

Sometimes you become a character, and sometimes the character becomes you.

As long as I can wear a wig I can be any character, and in real life I can be myself.