Jordan Gavaris Quotes

I'm not really a guy who draws on things from my own past. I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier. If it's well written, it allows your imagination to run wild and draw inspiration from that.

None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. That wouldn't be acting.

It's one of the main things that I love about my job. You are never playing yourself, so I really love that I get to be someone else, play a different character and take on that persona, but I also have to take on their qualifications.

I think that it's fun to get the script and open it like a Christmas present. That's 'Alcatraz' or anything that I'm working on. If the groundwork has been laid too much, the surprises aren't there.

I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier.

Sometimes a character is really based on research that you do. Other times it's just based on your imagination or perhaps your conversation with the director. Or sometimes all of the above. It depends on the movie and character.

I find it easier to play someone who is so far from me because you create someone - you build this person based on the story and the script, with the director.

I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint set, and the colors are always exciting to choose.

As an actress, you have to give your character a life, a history, and make it full and rich for yourself.

For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.

I find all of my performances come down to mathematics in a sense - how do you approach the problem of this character? Sometimes I crack that problem, sometimes I don't.

I think that when you first read material or you first read a script or story and know you might be playing a part, it's important not to see yourself because it should be a challenge enough that it doesn't come easy.

As an actor, there are many confusing factors that can make you take or not take a decision. It becomes difficult. Your first and last checkpoint should be the story. I always read a script as an audience.

I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether it's a man or a woman.

I'm just thinking I'm just like a normal actor who gets scripts, and I read them, and... if I enjoy reading them, then that's what's exciting, then I get excited about the audition or the project itself.

I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.

With most good scripts and good shows, they expect the actor to bring some of their ideas to the backstory of the character. It's always a good collaboration between the actor and the writer and the director to try stuff out during the process.

Trying to be a good actor has to be involved with placing yourself imaginatively in different people's circumstances.

Usually, I end up looking for something completely different to who I last played. But there is just a spark that's lit when I read a script or character I want to play.

The first thing I do with any script is read it and try to visualize if I can play the character - if I can feel what the character's feeling.

I love playing different and challenging characters on screen, and Newton is one such role. But I'm someone who doesn't think so much about what will happen next.

I studied method acting for four years and I'm a big believer in the idea that it's not about the actual experience itself. You don't have to go through exactly what this character has gone through.

I'm an artist - I'm an actor - so when I'm looking for something, I'm looking for stories.

Every time I get a role, or the opportunity to explore a role, I look at it, and I think, 'What is the story we're trying to tell here?'

Sometimes you read the script and you feel that this is a challenging role but at times you feel that this one was written for me.