I don't categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I don't judge; I just play them.
I don't think, there's no possible way for me, anyway, to play a character that I haven't found some sort of sublime compassion for and I related to Deborah on a way that almost, initially, almost in a way maybe someone in the audience might.
I generally find an affinity with a lot of the people I play and I suppose if I didn't feel an affinity for them then they wouldn't be particularly good performances.
I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough.
No actor can play a villain if they don't sympathise with him or her - otherwise the character just becomes a two-dimensional caricature.
Well, as an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing.
There has to be something that I like about a character for me to be able to play him.
I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.
I have to believe in the character to perform it.
Critics have to sit through an awful lot of rubbish, and you feel really sorry for them. In fact, I've been in a play where I felt sorry for the critics.
The only thing that I know how to do as an actor, as a trained actor, is you can't villainize the character you're playing. Whether it's a fictional character or a real character. Because then you operate from that sort of negative point of view, and you can't humanize him.
A character has to believe in himself, so I have to find a way to believe in them. Or at least sympathize to a degree.
It's always really cool as an actor to have a character that people want to see the best for.
It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him.
The great thing about playing a character that's similar to the audience, or similar to you, is that you get to have the same reaction that you would actually have to whatever's going on.
I think you always need to be able to relate to your characters, but that doesn't necessarily mean...you have to understand why they do what they do, but you don't actually have to be like that yourself.
I get very involved in my characters. Sometimes I have a very hard time separating my characters from my life.
It's not in every film that you connect to the role.
It's not easy trying to get into the psyche and behaviour patterns, which are far removed from one's own personality. Some intense characters linger long after it's over on screen.
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.
No one thinks they're irritating. Nobody thinks they're boring. So if you're playing a character like that you have to play them as how they think of themselves.
As an actor, I think it is important you at least almost like the character that you're playing. Or can find a personal justification for the character as to why they're doing what they're doing.
As actors, our job is to step into other people's shoes, So our capacity for compassion is like, next level, and that's why it's rare that you find a non-liberal actor.
I always tend to like the characters that I play. I'm convinced that I am this person and I'm OK with whatever they do.
I always believed in my characters. I lived them.
