“I've always been spontaneous and outgoing... I've tried lots of things so I've got some good life experiences, which is great 'cause it means I've got lots of material to work with as an actor.”
Leonardo DiCaprio
“Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.”
Bette Davis
“I love acting. It is so much more real than life.”
Oscar Wilde
“Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters”
Seneca
“Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage too.”
Ninon de Lenclos
“Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.”
George Eliot
“The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.”
Arthur Helps
