Neeraj Kabi Quotes

Getting in and out of a character takes its own time for me.

Actors act... Their job is to become this character. And I have, in fact, seen Sam Heughan become Jamie and Caitriona Balfe become Claire right before my eyes. It was an astonishing transformation.

I always enjoy impersonating my characters in the first-person singular.

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.

I just play him as myself, I don't ease myself into any role really. I stick a beard on and play me.

In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.

You try, as an actor, to wear a mask; you're serving a story.

You're always trying to find common ground with whatever you do, but you want to not be thinking about yourself when you're performing a play. The job is getting yourself out of the way and letting the character go about the scenes.

When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.

Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment.

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.

That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.

It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

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.

When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role.

You have to find out how to become the character.

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

An actor is someone who pretends to be somebody else. A movie star is somebody who pretends that somebody else is them.

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.

As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is very imaginative.

I find it quite easy to get in and out of character. I don't know why - I guess it's my job.

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