Tuppence Middleton Quotes

I really connect with every character that I've played, just because I kinda have to; as an actor, you want to take them in and get to know them and like them; because they're evil, you kinda have to like them so that you can understand them and play them and play them with some kind of empathy.

I'm not a method actor per se, but if I'm playing a character that, at its core of its persona, has experiences I don't have, I try to search out and get firsthand experiences of similar sorts so I have something to fantasize about.

I wouldn't say I'm a Method actor, but there are times where a role will require you to live in their world.

I'm not a method actor, but I'm affected by the life I share my life with during shooting. It's always a very strange and special period for me.

If I wasn't an actor, I never would have known who Debbie Gallagher was. I never would know how her feelings are or how her emotions are, or her family.

I feel like there are things I can relate to in every character. But I feel like when you read a script, you don't get to see the definition behind someone, you just get to read what the person goes through and find a place to come from to make it real.

The more I love the character, the harder it is to get it wrong. I have to get to a point that I can speak for them.

I'm not a method actor, but I'm a big research kind of actor.

The only way I can be there and really get into the character is if I'm her.

You draw on whatever's relevant to the part you're playing; it makes it more personal.

In terms of jumping into a character's skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is what's required to achieve what I want to achieve.

I learned to understand the distance a character can be from yourself and how important rehearsal can be to creating a person that feels like a person that isn't you.

I find that I kind of have to sink into the character.

Our job as actors is to invent the things that bridge ourselves with the characters, so you have to build something if it's not there - you try and learn what makes people behave in a certain way.

I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.

I try to think what the character is thinking. Then, hopefully, I begin to feel it. I act and react not because I'm recalling a dog killed by a fire engine, but because I'm concentrating on what the character is going through.

That's why I enjoy acting: getting in the mind of someone else.

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

I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing.

I think you ultimately have to love who you're playing. You have to have that kind of feeling. You have to have passion for the person.

You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.

I don't have any training as an actor, but I guess I'm an intense pretender. When you read something over and over, it gets into you a little bit. You can't help but begin to feel it, even if you're a healthy person as I think I am.

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.

Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on.

Actors pull from their own experiences to bring reality to the characters. I wouldn't want to play someone who's a lot like me. There would be no turning it on or off.