Nushrat Bharucha Quotes

If I prepare myself for a character, for a role, I always try to understand her.

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.

You've got to internalize the character. You've got to learn the words. These are separate things, but they work together.

Any sort of role requires a certain amount of research and embodiment of the character and psychological investigation.

Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.

One of my favorite parts of being an actress is being a detective.

My effort is to slip into any role that is offered to me. The minute you go into those costumes, those grand sets, and start prepping up for the role, you become the part or at least start feeling the part.

I am not that big a method actor.

I used to think the actor's job was immersing himself completely in another personality.

When I do a film, it is about how I become a character.

I make it a point to study the character I do, and if the story demands that I wear a particular outfit, I'm game.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

I didn't have to audition. That's common, but it had never happened to me before. Normally, I hate auditioning. I need to stew and think... let the character develop and grow inside me.

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

In 'There Will Be Blood,' my character was someone who was an actor himself almost. He had a rehearsed quality about him. He was a performance artist in a way.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

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

When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.

The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.

I don't really ever think about whether or not I like the characters I'm playing. I'm more into the minutiae of their behaviour or what they're doing in a certain scene.

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

I'm an emotional actor. When I'm doing a scene, I really believe it. I live the part as long as I'm in the scene.

If I have an audition, I go to the audition in character. I'm in character when I walk in the room. I mean, I'm still sweet to everyone, but I'm very much the character.

I work a lot; I love to compose, ponder, and take notes when preparing for a role. I cut all the scenes, collate the images, form the character and shape its personality, then I make meticulous notes and transcribe each scene on my notebook.

I don't have any training as an actor, but I guess I'm an intense pretender. When you read something over and over, it gets into you a little bit. You can't help but begin to feel it, even if you're a healthy person as I think I am.