Actors are people too.

Cecil Blount DeMille. Legend in the theatre world, maker of the film world. His autobiography is very well written and inspirational--I highly recommend reading it. DeMille started one of Hollywood's first film studios out of a barn out of a pure love of producing and directing. He came from a theatre loving family and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts--a highly prestigious acting school in New York (now also in LA.) He learned other actors philosophies on acting, but stayed true to his own. He believed the director should guide the actor instead of making the actor into the director's puppet.

Actors are people too. The way DeMille describes acting in his autobiography is the most perfect way to describe the art. Any actor would agree (if they're any good).

"Onstage, you are protected by your role. It is not you there on the boards; and yet through your role you are in contact daily with the changing audience, you are projecting something to them, it is you who are making them laugh and cry, fear and hope. You learn to play on them as on a great organ; and their response, that indescribable feeling of contact and communication that a responsive audience gives an actor, is one of the most satisfying of human experiences."
-The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille

These words beautifully articulate the feeling from inside that actor's cannot describe. The craft of acting is here for a reason, and DeMille makes that reason concrete with these words.

Acting is not just a form of entertainment--its and art. It's a craft. It's a comment on social problems. It captures the essence of people and who they really are.