Tilda Swinton Doesn't Act

Tilda Swinton in Orlando (1992)

I’m not an actress.

For a lot of actors, 
There’s a sort of code of honor 
Around playing something other than yourself.

I just don’t have that.

I love feeling like I’m performing 
In some deep seam of my consciousness, 
Or my family’s consciousness, 
Or my past.

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(Source: GQ, “Tilda Swinton Is in a World of Her Own” by Zach Baron | 2014)