Andre Holland Quotes

Singing is about telling a story. When you are onstage, you get to be your own self... When acting, you're someone else.

There are some roles that are more still and internal and emotional, and others that are more physical, which get you out of your mind for a while.

My dad, when he was young, did Shakespeare in school, and my mom was a little bit of an artist, but everybody was pragmatic.

When I read what 'GLOW' was about, it just felt like something where I could make as many faces as I wanted, and it would totally make sense!

You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And so this led me to interview people.

You've always got to have an imagination in the game we're in but it explodes on this. You get to try the costumes on before you start and feel the weight of them, which is great. But then you're opposite some of the greatest actors in the world and away you go. You find your imagination takes over without you really even thinking about it.

I definitely feel like, as a singer, I've been able to transition into acting because I always saw them in the same vein. It's all about connecting and telling a story.

Acting is the use of human experience with talent added.

I think that is the secret of great acting. You have to bring your imagination to the party. You've got to have a great imagination.

Performers love to perform - that's the thing that we do. I think one of the best things was being able to imagine anything that I wanted, anything that I came up with we could do, because this theater is unbelievable.

To be an actor or actress, you have to feel on a deep level and tap into emotions that you've never felt before. You're imagining how something would feel. You have to use your imagination so much.

I think talent, especially in acting, is being wholly yourself within the context of yourself.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

As an actress, I'm drawn to emotion and expressing the human condition in all its forms, and I'm fortunate to have thoughts and feelings at my fingertips.

As an actress, emotions are my business, my stock-in-trade. As such, I've dealt with them nearly all my life.

I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.

What I really like doing is storytelling, finding the body language that is necessary for the story. And when I'm doing it and it's working, I'm thrilled.

Music is not simply an orchestration of something, but it's also not something as trivial as honesty.

Acting is playing - it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs to sit in my room and dream.

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.

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

I was always very creative. I was always into acting and dancing when I was younger.

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

The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting.