Jessica Raine Quotes

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

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.

I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines.

I don't think I do that much to prepare for roles in general.

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

I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday.

I've never committed to a role without a script.

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

Preparing for roles sounds so academic, doesn't it? It feels as if you are preparing for an examination! In a creative medium, the preparation is of an entirely different kind, and for me, the ideas flow from the script itself.

I love to prepare for my roles.

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

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

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

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

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

As an actor, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world.

I think all great actors - and I don't classify myself as one of them, incidentally - but I think all great actors listen well and I've learned that from a lot of the very good actors with whom I've worked - to really listen to what people say.

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.

All the things you can do to prepare for a role that free you, in the moment, are great. You have this muscle memory for things. You don't have to act it as much, once you've done it enough.

Robert De Niro taught me how to listen, and how to be part of the conversation. It's not just about reading your lines and saying what's in the script; you have to understand your character, along with the other characters so that you can always respond.

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

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.

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.