When my turn on the program comes, I am not nervous at all–because all this is happening out of time, out of space. I am, for a moment, a figure of my own fantasy, and I play my appointed role as if I were in the movies.

Eva Hoffman
About This Quote

The idea of being in a movie is very fascinating, as it gives you a chance to be someone else. In the movies, the actors play characters that are not themselves, and they do this to show off their acting skills. They didn’t become those characters through hard work or determination; they became them because that’s what they wanted to be. And when they walk out on stage, they don’t have to worry about moving around the way a real person would have to, because the audience doesn’t see them as real people.

Source: Lost In Translation: A Life In A New Language

Some Similar Quotes
  1. You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. - Dr. Seuss
  2. When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable. - Jess C. Scott
  3. I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. <span style="margin:15px;... - Neil Gaiman
  4. We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. Too much of the time, we are blinded by our own pursuits of people to love us, people that don't even matter, while all that... - C. Joybell C.
  5. Nothing in this world was more difficult than love. - Unknown
More Quotes By Eva Hoffman
  1. When my turn on the program comes, I am not nervous at all–because all this is happening out of time, out of space. I am, for a moment, a figure of my own fantasy, and I play my appointed role as if I were in...
  2. The more words I have, the more distinct, precise my perceptions become--and such lucidity is a form of joy.
  3. Sometimes I long to forget… It is painful to be conscious of two worlds.
  4. I know that language will be a crucial instrument, that I can overcome the stigma of my marginality, the weight of presumption against me, only if the reassuringly right sounds come out of my mouth.
Related Topics