Tamannaah Quotes

Playing a real-life character, as an actor, gives me real high because there is so much of research material available in front of you.

I am trained in theatre, and so I take time to study and get into the skin of a character.

I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and get paid.

In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!

I can't act, and so I have to live that particular character in my real life and then exhibit it on screen.

I gained a lot of confidence after 'IP Man' as being a true actor. I went on to tackle what it is an actor is supposed to do before a film. Do a lot of research, get into the character. That's what I did with 'Dragon.'

There are actors who are really fantastically talented at being natural on screen and appearing to be themselves, but I like the challenge of becoming somebody else.

As an actor, I know it is my job to shape myself for a role - any role.

I think, for every actor, the most challenging part of playing a character, specially a real-life character, is to convince yourself that you are the character.

I'm a technician. I don't go for the get-into-the-role stuff. I read the lines and play the scenes.

Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.

In acting class, teachers talk about how the 'givens' of a situation help define a character.

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.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

I think the buzz of acting is playing people different to you, and for me, that means traversing all genres.

It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

That's what I love about acting, is playing different roles. I want to work for the character, and not make it work for me.

There is always pressure playing a real living person and even pressure developing a character from scratch.

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

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.

What I learned about acting is that you become the character, like I became 'Timothy Green.'

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

Basically, the way you get into any role is just doing research on the type of character you're playing.

I act according to the requirements of the character, and if I try to play the role, then I play it truthfully. In my daily life, I'm a laid-back, peaceful guy. I'm just doing my job to act.