Acting Emotions Quotes

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.

I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.

I feel that one of the hardest things in acting is the way you need to switch your emotions.

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.

I'm always curious about how actors cry on film.

I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.

When I'm acting well, it's the most exhilarating experience. When I'm bad, it's miserable.

It was extremely difficult to suppress my emotions, because my character in' A Girl at My Door' goes through so many infuriating situations. It was a lonely process having to portray someone that acts tough but is deeply hurting inside and is unable to express that.

I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as that. It's just like if you're watching something moving, and you feel yourself welling up. It's the same thing. You're just being carried along with the story. There's nothing magical about it. I think I'm in touch with my emotions, and I can't help it.

For a long time, I couldn't cry on stage. I cried very rarely as a child.

Emotions fascinate me, just being able to express myself through acting. I love that. And I think, in everyday life, you're always trying to repress your emotions. Like if you're sad, you don't want to show it to someone else.

I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the neck up, or the hand, there is a lot of close up.

If you cry too much on screen, you're crying for the audience.

I think if you work as an actress and are supposed as a character to be in love with some actor, then to some extent you do have to be in love with him.

Very often, when you're playing people who love each other, or who hate each other, you manufacture those feelings. You have to do that a lot.

Acting, at least for me, is very unreal, and when I'm doing it, I actually feel embarrassed.

For an actor, for me, I love being able to tap into just heavy emotions. I don't need to be balling in every scene, but I just love to feel different emotions when heading to set. It's a lot of fun to play with.

It's been said that horror films are experimental forms of art, and I agree. As an actress, you're put in positions and have to experience emotions that are way beyond reality, whether fighting in a post-apocalyptic world or being possessed by the Devil.

It's quite nice coming off doing a dark, upsetting scene. It's a relief that that's over with, and then you can get back to happy old Sophie.

I find doing emotional scenes very tough, it is very challenging for me.

I find it easy to act being in love. I've experienced that and analysed it.

The worst is when I know I'm going to have to cry in a scene.

As an actor, I love to play a good crying scene.

In movies, people seem to be more emotional than they would ever be if that situation was actually happening to them.

It's never really fun to have to cry in a scene, or anything like that. I just try to put myself in the characters position, and that helps. It's never really fun, but at the same time, if you're having a really bad day, it's a great way to get out all of your frustration by doing a really angry or sad scene. That's always a good release.