“I don't believe in acting. I think that people in life act, but when y...” — Luise Rainer Quote

I don't believe in acting. I think that people in life act, but when you are on the stage or, in my case, also on screen, you have to be true.

In my acting, I have tried to do this - to present to audiences a living creature in whom they can recognise themselves or someone they know.

I know the good from the bad, also the in-between, but I was never political.

I admire people who are creative.

I have never had a current state of mind. My mind changes a great deal. I am very affected by any sorrow or sad thing, and I am very affected by joy and beauty.

I feel really comfortable with going for the reality of the drama, but I'm not much for the comedy of it. You have to make people laugh, or you have to be true to the character in such a way that makes people laugh. It's a whole different thing.

I want people to be true to themselves and believe in themselves. I want people to stop looking to celebrity idols and look to themselves instead, because we need real people to inspire us.

I believe that everything that I say should be honest, should be true, and should be something that I've experienced, or someone close to me has experienced that I'm taking from.

One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be dominating thought in one's mind.