Kristin Davis Quotes

I always find something in all the characters I play. I fall in love with them a little bit.

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

Any actor would love to just pick up a script and be like, 'I can connect to this person, and I can see myself playing him.'

You're sent scripts, and for some, as soon as you start reading them, you feel an instant connection to the character. You know who they are, you know how to play them, and there is instant enthusiasm. Then, at the audition, you don't have nerves because of that natural affinity.

As an actor, I usually have to find something to love about my character in order to play her.

Well, as an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing.

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

I feel like there are things I can relate to in every character. But I feel like when you read a script, you don't get to see the definition behind someone, you just get to read what the person goes through and find a place to come from to make it real.

I think substitution is a huge part of acting, but I don't personalise my work that much.

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 has to be something that I like about a character for me to be able to play him.

Every character I've played is like family to me.

When I take on a role, all I tend to do is get to know the script and ask millions of questions, and keep fine tuning what I think the character is trying to say.

If I don't fall in love with my characters, I cannot shoot.

Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.

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

If you're cast right you can actually just let yourself go because all your gestures will be right, all your intonations will be right because you just somewhere understand who this person is.

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

When I start thinking about a role, I read the script a few times and then let it sink in - and then take some time to develop how that character is going to play out and what he's going to do.

You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.

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

If I read a part and think I can connect to it, that I can touch people with it, I will do it, no matter what its size. And if I think I can't do something with a part, I won't take it.

I have to believe in the character to perform it.

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.

I don't think I've ever watched a movie to prepare for a role.