Morgan Freeman Quotes

Acting is acting.

Having a guy on a microphone yelling lines at you is counter to a lot of acting techniques.

I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of trying to prepare for the character.

A lot of acting techniques are very self-oriented.

You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And so this led me to interview people.

As an actor, you can have your own backstory and prepare all the details that you need to know for your character.

I don't do all of this as an indulgence. I do it because I'm not a good enough actor to not do it.

My job is to try and present the most fully-rounded character that I can, and bring a performance that people believe in.

When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.

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

One of the joys about acting is researching.

I'm the kind of person who if I was playing the role of someone who got shot, I'd probably want to get shot so I knew what it felt like.

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

If you can walk into a set and feel the reality of it, then immediately you're not having to work to bring yourself into the character.

For me, acting is doing.

I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.

Being an actor in movies is a lot about the power of your imagination and making the circumstance real to you so the audience will feel that it's real.

The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.

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.

If I have an audition, I go to the audition in character. I'm in character when I walk in the room. I mean, I'm still sweet to everyone, but I'm very much 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.

That's the thing about acting - you can't fake it.

With modelling, you provide an image that is fake; with acting you have to provide an image that's real.

Sometimes I get into the movies and into the roles; it's hard for me to move on.

A performer needs to feel the part to be the part!