I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny.

- Brendan Fraser

I had fun pretending to be a sportscaster. People always think that was a down thing for me. I had the best job in sports broadcasting for two years.

- Dennis Miller

I've never gone on Facebook and am not sure I understand it. The same goes for Twitter. I have someone sending tweets and pretending to be me, but I don't know why.

- David Sedaris

A liberal pretending to be a conservative? That's like a straight person pretending to be gay to get greater acceptance.

- David Mamet

It's a different thing shooting for 10 weeks in India as opposed to on a set on stage pretending you're in India.

- Chris Kattan

Acting isn't necessarily pretending. It's storytelling. It's giving someone your perspective on something.

- Crystal Bowersox

Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney.

- Christopher Eccleston

What is it in us that makes us feel the need to keep pretending... we gotta let ourselves be.

- Christina Aguilera

The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can.

- Charles de Lint

I'm not hiding who I am anymore - not pretending I'm something I'm not.

- Blake McIver Ewing

I wouldn't say I'm a feminist, but I don't like girls pretending to be stupid because it's easier.

- Amy Winehouse

I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I'm deeply fortunate.

- Ben Kingsley

Nobody I represent is pretending to be the pope or a role model for young people. People have to live their lives. They have the right to smoke if they want.

- Ben Affleck

I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.

- Barbara Kingsolver

When I was younger, the red carpet used to terrify me because it's not about playing a part: you're not in a film pretending to be someone - you are yourself. It's intimidating.

- Alexandra Maria Lara

I spend my working life pretending to be someone else.

- Andrew Lincoln

Oh, I must be ambitious, mustn't I? I'm sure I always have been. I think you can only get away with pretending you're not for so long. After that, it becomes ridiculous.

- Anne-Marie Duff

I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it.

- Armistead Maupin

I think you sort of shed skins as you go along in life. You get into your 40s, and you feel like, 'OK, no more pretending.' You get to just be who you are.

- Annette Bening

That is a strange phenomenon, people pretending to be other people.

- Andy Samberg