Lawrence Taylor Quotes

I never act my characters - I am them.

Sometimes when you're acting, you only need a little bit of something to sort of channel or, you know, transport into a place.

I think it is very important to be a method actor.

I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.

The repetition of the theatre means you've got the time to get deeply inside the person you're playing.

I try to create as many circumstances outside of set that help me fall into character when I get onto set.

I find that I kind of have to sink into the character.

As an actor, I think it's always important to separate yourself from your characters because, when you include yourself in a character, you're taking a liberty that you don't really have unless you're life is that incredibly close to the character.

Whenever I switch from one character to another, there's always a few days where I really struggle because I'm changing voices and I'm changing ways of looking at the world. I'm not just flicking a switch; it's harder process than that.

I'm not a method actor per se, but if I'm playing a character that, at its core of its persona, has experiences I don't have, I try to search out and get firsthand experiences of similar sorts so I have something to fantasize about.

I actually love working with accents. I don't know, something about it unlocks something in me. It makes me concentrate on getting into character a little more, helps me find a focus.

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

Good acting comes from finding the essence of a character.

When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing.

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.

There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character and coming out from there.

The only way I can be there and really get into the character is if I'm her.

Actors pull from their own experiences to bring reality to the characters. I wouldn't want to play someone who's a lot like me. There would be no turning it on or off.

How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.

You have to come in and be that character when you walk into the room. That's what one of my first acting teachers taught me. You know, don't go in there being Jennifer and then expect to flip and change, because they're not going to have that imagination.

I immerse myself right into my character whether or not I'm relating to people live as an actor on stage or whatever.

In terms of jumping into a character's skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is what's required to achieve what I want to achieve.

I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.

I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.

I live in the energy and rhythm of the character. To some degree, that's true of every actor I've worked with.