Jonathan Anderson Quotes

I make it a point to study the character I do, and if the story demands that I wear a particular outfit, I'm game.

Any sort of role requires a certain amount of research and embodiment of the character and psychological investigation.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

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.

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.

I figure out who I'm playing opposite, and I really do study them.

It's just acting. I take acting seriously but up to a point.

When you get to set, you don't try to play the plot; you just play the character.

My only job is to act and play the character truthfully and honestly.

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

I love to prepare for my roles.

Ultimately, as an actor, it comes down to committing to the text in the script.

As an actor, you tend to just look at the script till you get to your stuff.

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

I'm an actor, and I keep observing people and their reactions to figure out what they are thinking. There's only so much you can do on your own, so you have to keep learning. Art imitates life.

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

Some actors get by with behaving, not acting. You've got to sell the effect. I act more in the 'Nightmare' movies because it's not like me. I'm acting, not reacting.

When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.

I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman.

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.

Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people.

I work a lot; I love to compose, ponder, and take notes when preparing for a role. I cut all the scenes, collate the images, form the character and shape its personality, then I make meticulous notes and transcribe each scene on my notebook.

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

And that's one thing that helps me is I learn it blandly, vanilla, then I don't try to act it too soon because you start to act it, and you kind of go away from what the next sentence is, what the next paragraph is. So get it down so it kind of can - it's in there so you can then, as I call it, dance on top of it.