Taylor Dayne Quotes

Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a script with a black woman character I would tell you that I could do it. That is what we do. We act as if we are someone else.

I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

Actors act... Their job is to become this character. And I have, in fact, seen Sam Heughan become Jamie and Caitriona Balfe become Claire right before my eyes. It was an astonishing transformation.

My dream is to play ordinary characters. I have no interest in playing a pretty girl or an NRI girl.

When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.

As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts.

Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment.

That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.

Preparation is definitely important, but it depends on the kinds of roles I do. Like, I completely identify with my character in 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.' I had to be myself and I didn't have to actually prepare for it.

You have to find out how to become the character.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

I'm still fighting really hard to get any role I get. If it's comedy, I go for the laughs. And if it's drama, I try to tell the truth, and try to play the real stakes of whatever scenario the character's in.

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

I can't act, and so I have to live that particular character in my real life and then exhibit it on screen.

What I find most interesting about acting is transforming myself.

When you get to set, you don't try to play the plot; you just play the character.

I wanted to get the opportunity to do what actresses do: play the inside of a person.

I've played several real characters, and I've always found it very difficult because you don't want to do an impersonation.

My only job is to act and play the character truthfully and honestly.

Playing a real-life character, as an actor, gives me real high because there is so much of research material available in front of you.

I never improvise. I create the character and transform into it.

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God - that'd be a boring career. When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting... It's a challenge.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.