Linus Roache Quotes

When I take on a role, all I tend to do is get to know the script and ask millions of questions, and keep fine tuning what I think the character is trying to say.

There's no set rule, but when you look at the script, you start thinking about this person and how to create this human being on screen. You dig deeper into a script.

I think one of the things that people take for granted when they watch a film is the actors have to exhibit an extraordinary amount of force to block out the stuff that isn't a part of their reality. And when the audience sees it, they're seeing everything the actor isn't seeing.

I'm not a method actor. I try to stay separate but to imagine what they'd feel, to put myself in their shoes.

As an actor, of course it's exciting to go and explore characters. It's exciting to explore human psychology and relationships, and that's really the drive, at the end of the day, for me.

With 'Law & Order,' I had to be very conscious of what I was doing. I didn't want to show too much character.

In general, between an actor and a character, there needs to be a falling in love, if you will - which I'm saying in quotes.

I have a journal, and every character that I play, I write as the character: how I feel about things and how I'm going to play it.

I have always been attracted to good scripts and try hard to make characters as believable as possible. That means trying to figure out how they would react to situations, what they eat, think, and feel.

I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.

I think it always helps when you build a character, and then, you actually step into that character's wardrobe, something else happens. Another angle of the character comes to life.

Everything feels so personal when you're an actor because you're so open and vulnerable, and you have to trust your director to guide you to where the storytelling needs to go.

I am totally a director's actor.

I go with the flow of the film. I feel if it's the demand of the script, then you should do it.

Any actor would love to just pick up a script and be like, 'I can connect to this person, and I can see myself playing him.'

There is always a producer within an actor. You just wait for the right time to start functioning as one.

I am a complete director's actor.

It helps for actors if you have one director.

Because I came to acting quite late, I kind of think one of the few attributes that I do have is that I try to be honest with the character, with the writing. I'm not a tricksy actor; I'm not exactly a scenery-chewing kind of actor.

When we watch a film as actors, you have to understand that we always see much more than what's on screen.

As an actor, I would never agree if a newcomer doesn't give me a final word on the script. If it is well-written, then you need not speak to me. I will speak for you.

When you do a show eight times a week, you are constantly living in the same world for that whole time, but when you have such drastically different characters and circumstances, you have to find a way to take a moment to reconnect.

After a while, the person who knows the character best is you, the actor.

I never do any research for my roles.

I think, as an actor, you create things for your character that you think will make it more personal to you, because on the day, you want to make sure that you're truly there in the moment.