Sylvia Hoeks Quotes

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

I am not one of those actors who believes he has to live the part he is playing. I can turn it on and off.

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.

You draw on whatever's relevant to the part you're playing; it makes it more personal.

I wouldn't say I'm a Method actor, but there are times where a role will require you to live in their world.

You've got to bring yourself to any character you do.

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

I believe in method acting. Whenever I'm working on a character, I start behaving like him. I start doing these things which the character would normally do. Maybe that's the way I function as an actor, and I believe in it. And that's how I try and portray a character.

I'm not a Method person, so I'm not like in character all the time.

I don't act in the way other actresses act, in terms of building or creating a character. I don't transform myself into the role, I invest myself in the role.

Ultimately, the idea of acting is to understand the people you're playing, and then where they're coming from is not so mystifying. You've got to detox a bit after, though.

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.

A lot of male actors are method actors and they become the characters which they both were.

The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just get in there and perfect your craft.

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.

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.

You have to be completely in the character, and that's so hard to do. That's why, when they call, 'Cut!,' you often feel yourself shift. Unless you're Daniel Day Lewis, who stays in character all the time, there's a switch that happens.

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.

Actors who say they can dive inside a character are either schizophrenic or lying.

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

As an actor, I always like some tension, some distance, between me and the character I'm playing.

I'm very much the type of actor that once I embody the character, I could stay in it from the beginning to the end.

It's interesting what happens when you take on a role, I think. What happens to me - without sounding too spiritual or too hippy, I guess - what happens, most of the time, you do a lot of research, and you get into the character, and at a certain moment, it's like the character takes over.

It's more difficult for me to get into a character in the lead-up as opposed to leaving it.