Colin Morgan Quotes

My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it.

The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.

An actor's job is about putting across the author's intention; I don't think of myself on the same level as a creator.

As an actor, you wouldn't be able to play a character if you were worried about the reaction to what you're doing.

I became an actress to provoke people and move people and to tell the stories.

Acting is invigorating. But I don't analyse it too much. It's like a dog smelling where it's going to do its toilet in the morning.

I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.

Talking to actors is the same as talking to any other artists; it's getting into the moment for them, and making sure they can lose themselves in the performance!

Theater has always been most important to my psyche.

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

As an actor, you know when you've got great material in front of you. When you're working, you think, 'Is this the one? The one that everyone will respond to and be moved by?' You pray that you have told the story well... that your peers will see it and audiences will love it.

I have to believe in the character to perform it.

I keep getting amazing things to bring to life. There's always something to discover with 'Dr. Bailey,' something that brings her home to the audience, something that makes people say, 'I know that woman. I work with that woman.' It's incredibly flattering and I'm still finding new things with her all the time.

A script narration is like watching a film, and I react to it like an audience with my own instinct. After that, I look for what is my character, what will I bring to the table in that role, how challenging will it be.

Acting is very sacred. Anyone who stands in front of a crew with the camera recording their emotions is a brave individual.

In general, between an actor and a character, there needs to be a falling in love, if you will - which I'm saying in quotes.

I approach things from my feeling first. I have to get a feel for the character. I'll do that through music; I'll do it through what is naturally popping up for me when I read the script. My ideas or whatever the occupation of the character might be.

I have been a good theatre artiste since my school and college days, but when I participated in 'Cine Stars Ki Khoj,' I realised that I could touch people's hearts when I performed.

Eventually, when I got the 'Meadowland' script, I saw something in it that made me think I could make something special out of it, something that could work with my style. Emotionally, I connected to it. I thought, 'If I feel this way just imagining it, maybe we can make that happen on screen and make people feel something when they watch it.'

When I'm playing any of my characters, I totally go into the realm of the character. That's when I'm able to come up with the most creative stuff, and I believe that's what connects with the audience.

I would do theatre till I die. Theatre keeps your honesty alive. You can't pollute yourself. You learn a lot, and you use theatre techniques in life.

When I can't get the character out of my head, and I'm in my bedroom and I start to actually act out the scenes that I've read in a script, I think okay, I really want to do this.

That's my job as an actor - to go on and try to do the work so subtle and so fine and specific that the memories will linger for a long time.

I'm a director's actor, and I surrender myself to the vision and the process. I think nothing else matters then.

That's what frees up an actor: when you don't have to be responsible to likability.