“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.”
Carl Gustav Jung
“Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters”
Seneca
“Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.”
George Eliot
“Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.”
Bette Davis
“Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs.”
Jean Cocteau
“Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life”
Alec Guinness
“Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.”
Leonardo DiCaprio
