Paula Malcomson Quotes

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.

With films, you completely immerse yourself in a character, get into who they are, live it and then release it.

I think that you can sort of have your own personal journey and you know, you can just kind of apply that to whatever characters you're playing.

“Frank’s” really different from everything I've done. Maybe the one thing that's the same, and the thing that I tend to do, is that I think I can create an intimacy with the characters, like a sense of presence with the people in the film, and that's what I tried to do in “Room” as well.

Seriously, my music really does help my acting, and, like, getting in and out of a character from a different lifestyle and writing a song about it. Likewise, my acting inspires the music because I can write a theme that I wouldn't necessarily approach at all in life.

Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.

I just love to be able to actually build a character.

That's the main thing that attracts me - characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people.

One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself.

When I'm writing a song, I try to be the character.

Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.

People say that they like the characters that they believe that I am. But, I don't as much. I like the characters that I believe that I am not. Like my role on 'Law and Order.' That character unnerved people. And I loved every second of it. I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.

But today I felt different, today I forgot how long it takes to get into the skin of a character and I remembered it, because today I actually got into that skin and it felt so different.

A passion for any novel, and any character, can crystallise your ideas when you really need to be as open as possible as a performer.

I try to allow the spirit of the character to live through me. That's the only way I know how to approach acting. I have to live it.

You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.

I love acting. It's an interesting challenge to make something that doesn't exist appear like it's happening, and to do it in a real way.

After a long time with someone, you realise you've been thinking for two.

My job playing Sam Malone was to let the audience in, to love my bar full of people. And that informed my life.

It's an interesting opportunity to do a long-form character and really have the time to find the nuance over an extended period of time. You can really dig deep.

You can't judge a character that you're playing, because then you're fighting against doing what the character's doing.

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

For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.

Acting allows me to explore new worlds, to discover characters by delving into their lives, and ultimately to become someone else entirely.

Keats himself spoke about how Shakespeare was capable of erasing himself completely from the characters he had created. As an actor, that is what I'm trying to do.