Vincent D'Onofrio Quotes

Acting is an expression of imagination. No firsthand knowledge is necessary.

I think acting is a work of imagination.

Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.

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

If you're saying the same line 10 times and making it look like you just came up with it, that's acting.

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.

If you can sell that you're the King of Scotland, or Henry V on a tiny stage in a studio theater somewhere, then you can probably sell that you're a starship captain or a time traveler.

An actor is someone who pretends to be somebody else. A movie star is somebody who pretends that somebody else is them.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

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

At the end of the day, an actor has to just play what's in front of him.

I'm a performer. I'm pretending to be someone else. I'm not putting my own self into the show every night.

I've never acted, but I'm an entertainer. So I kind of used what I know from being onstage. I've done a thousand and two interviews, and I've been on camera a million times, so I'm not uncomfortable on camera, but it was interesting for me to be someone else.

I can play a doctor, and I can play a thug.

Every character I play is me.

When I'm acting, I do what I'm supposed to do.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play and the audience.

The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself.

My job always is to play a person, not to judge her.

'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didn't feel like I was playing myself. Whether it's a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

Usually most characters I play are quite realistic.

I approach a comedy the same way I do a drama. I try to make it as real as possible.