"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."

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"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."

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"In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private."

Monica Bellucci, Italian Actress

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"I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special."

Michael C. Hall, American Actor

Acting, Being, Sense, Shyness

"Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly."

Ian Mckellen, English Actor

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"I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

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"Acting is constant exploration."

Paul Guilfoyle, American Actor

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"In some ways, I've always approached singing as acting, and the voice is just like a way of carrying the song."

Petula Clark, British Musician

Acting, Singing, Song, Voice

"One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able to believe in him in the role."

Hayden Christensen, Canadian Actor

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"I'm just starting to scratch the surface of what really makes me happy and it's taken me a while to admit that acting like a little child and being a jerk and a punk is fun."

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"I don't believe in simply accumulating money, but I have the luxury to say that, because I have enough for all my needs."

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"As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished."

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"I have health. I have a wonderful support system. I have the admiration of millions of strangers, which I do not underestimate."

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"I would certainly choose my jobs depending on the actions of the character. I won't do anything that has to do with child abuse or women's abuse."

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"I rent houses in LA when I'm filming. I find the isolation there terrifying. There's nowhere to go, there's nowhere to be with people. I'm not a beach bunny."

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"I figured as I got older, the good roles for women would be in the theatre. So 15 years ago I started building a Broadway career to try and develop the chops to be accepted as a great theatrical actress."

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"Women are responsible for creating their own roles."

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"In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private."

"I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special."

"Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic."

"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

"I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly."

"I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting."

"Acting is constant exploration."

"In some ways, I've always approached singing as acting, and the voice is just like a way of carrying the song."

"One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able to believe in him in the role."

"I'm just starting to scratch the surface of what really makes me happy and it's taken me a while to admit that acting like a little child and being a jerk and a punk is fun."

Explore more quotes by Kathleen Turner

"I don't believe in simply accumulating money, but I have the luxury to say that, because I have enough for all my needs."

"As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished."

"I have health. I have a wonderful support system. I have the admiration of millions of strangers, which I do not underestimate."

"I would certainly choose my jobs depending on the actions of the character. I won't do anything that has to do with child abuse or women's abuse."

"I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring."

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"I never took to Hollywood."

"I rent houses in LA when I'm filming. I find the isolation there terrifying. There's nowhere to go, there's nowhere to be with people. I'm not a beach bunny."

"I figured as I got older, the good roles for women would be in the theatre. So 15 years ago I started building a Broadway career to try and develop the chops to be accepted as a great theatrical actress."

"Women are responsible for creating their own roles."