Sibel Kekilli Quotes

Any sort of role requires a certain amount of research and embodiment of the character and psychological investigation.

I take my time to understand the nuances of a character and prepare for a role, which is why I take time to do films. I work hard on myself to fit the character.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

I work a lot; I love to compose, ponder, and take notes when preparing for a role. I cut all the scenes, collate the images, form the character and shape its personality, then I make meticulous notes and transcribe each scene on my notebook.

I don't prepare for my roles. I don't watch movies to get inspired. I don't dig deep. I'll never be that type of actor, and I doubt that I ever will be.

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

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

I make it a point to study the character I do, and if the story demands that I wear a particular outfit, I'm game.

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

In 'There Will Be Blood,' my character was someone who was an actor himself almost. He had a rehearsed quality about him. He was a performance artist in a way.

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.

When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.

What I mostly do is take the script, analyse the hell out of it, see what's in there, see what kind of person I'm dealing with, and then forget I'm playing a father and just play a person who exemplifies all those things.

I don't really ever think about whether or not I like the characters I'm playing. I'm more into the minutiae of their behaviour or what they're doing in a certain scene.

When I get a role, I try to delve as deeply as possible into the character.

I take my time to get into the mindset of the character and say my lines. I really have to be the person that I am playing.

Every actor turns everything round to their character.

My effort is to slip into any role that is offered to me. The minute you go into those costumes, those grand sets, and start prepping up for the role, you become the part or at least start feeling the part.

I always approach any character I do as being right.

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.

Some actors are what I call more like mirror actors, which means that they do a performance at home in front of the mirror, and then they go deliver it. I'm not that type.

Once you are in the character, you should let your inner actor take over you.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

I didn't have to audition. That's common, but it had never happened to me before. Normally, I hate auditioning. I need to stew and think... let the character develop and grow inside me.

As an actor, you are always looking for subtext, for layers, for what's going on underneath.