Every child is born blessed with a vivid imagination. But just as a muscle grows flabby with disuse, so the bright imagination of a child pales in later years if he ceases to exercise it.
When I prepare for a role, I try to get inside the character's head and understand him.
The whole idea is to enable you to see mentally the picture at all hours of the day.
I can't always reach the image in my mind... almost never, in fact... so that the abstract image I create is not quite there, but it gets to the point where I can leave it.
VISUALIZE!!! Rehearse your future.
Mental pictures offer us an opportunity to practice new traits and attitudes, which otherwise we could not do. This is possible because again - your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an actual experience and one that is vividly imagined.
Using one's imagination to the fullest is necessary for a happy life.
When I'm trying to imagine something, I have a few elements, a few ideas, maybe a certain actor or actress I want to create a certain type of character for, or maybe a certain place.
The use of mental imagery is one of the strongest and most effective strategies for making something happen for you.
I think that is the secret of great acting. You have to bring your imagination to the party. You've got to have a great imagination.
If you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all.
Being able to write creatively or read creative fiction is the best way to exercise your imagination.
