J. K. Simmons Quotes

I try to create as many circumstances outside of set that help me fall into character when I get onto set.

I do whatever I need to do to get into character. Sometimes it's being incredibly quiet, and sometimes it's being loose and goofy.

I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone.

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character.

Part of an actor's job is to draw up a back story.

I was amazed by the kind of preparation Hollywood actors do for their roles.

My preparation is mainly just knowing the lines and getting in and knowing where your character is, knowing what it's about and having ideas that you can put in on the day.

It's always a mystery when you're going into a role - 'Here's your wife of 40 years and... action!' How do you create ease or chemistry or whatever is supposed to exist?

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.

He wasn't really Method but he believed that when you did a role there were lots of things you could do with your co-star in order to create the right environment. You known, if you were supposed to be in love, to create that feeling between the two of you.

My mentor Jon Simmons introduced me to the Stanislavski system, which is so heavy on back-story. So you write and write and write these back stories about a character and then you throw it away. So then on set, if it doesn't come, then you didn't do your work.

As an actor, it's my job to prepare myself for a role. If the character is realistic, one can't go wrong.

I'm not really into method acting - the way I was taught was the good old-fashioned British way of just doing your research and getting on with it.

I consider myself an actor that tries to have as many tools as possible in the bag. And I think that includes the method, then of course it includes some improv techniques, and includes all kinds of different things, because you never know when you're going to have to work on something and in what way.

I'm always practicing lines, researching, trying to be fresh, and fully trying to become the characters I play. That's how I roll.

I'm a Method actor. I spent years training for the drinking and carousing I had to do in this film.

I like to have something to base a role on.

I like to rehearse. We did a lot of rehearsals for 'Moneyball,' but it is really individual to the actor. It's not like, 'Here is my process, everybody. Fit in.'

Every actor comes with their own experience, method, methodology.

As an actor, your first priority is the work - immersing yourself in the role, backstory, and bringing that to screen.

It's part of the actor's job to show up with a head full of steam, to have their own take on this. So that way, you're not relying on, 'OK, tell me how to do it.'

As an actor, I know it is my job to shape myself for a role - any role.

I like to prepare for my roles well, so you can call me a method actor to an extent.

I am trained in theatre, and so I take time to study and get into the skin of a character.