Taika Waititi Quotes

I've been on projects before where there's no rehearsal, and you walk in on set and that's literally the first time you've ever played the character, and then I've had times where there's been three weeks of rehearsal. I like both.

You know, I've never been much of a method actor. I feel like, with every project I go in extremely prepared and I like to have a good time.

I think actors get too comfortable. I like being uncomfortable as an actor because it keeps you alive. I don't know, I think it's important.

I never do any research for my roles.

Actresses cannot have any inhibitions while portraying bold characters. It is something that we learn on the first page of the book on acting.

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

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

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.

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

First of all, the actor needs to get out of the character's way. You follow the character without judgment or prejudice or preconceived ideas.

I really don't know what I'm doing... I don't. It's terrible. I go in there and I learn how to be like the character and do the best I can, and that's all I really do.

Most of my training at graduate school was geared towards drama, so I feel good about it, and I can do it, but it requires a lot more work from me. I feel like with drama... well, with all acting, really, you need to honor the truth of the situation.

I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.

A lot of acting techniques are very self-oriented.

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

I think I approach everything as an actor first. I'd rather walk onto a set and just act and just worry about that.

I like to prepare for my roles well, so you can call me a method actor to an extent.

I come from the theater and you normally have four or five weeks to prepare. For me, the fun of the job is to pull yourself into a subject that you know nothing about.

I was trained by Method acting teachers and we were taught that aside from whatever gift you may or may not have or the level of that gift, that you were obliged to know how to build a table. It's a craft. It's like being a ballerina or a violinist.

I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.

As a filmmaker I find it much more rewarding to work with actors who are classically trained. It's about the work and only the work.

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

There are two schools of thought: There are those actors who explain to you that they know exactly how they're going to do the part... And then there is the other method, which is to have no method at all. This is mine.