Sushant Singh Rajput Quotes

The actor's job is to put themselves in the shoes of the character they are trying to portray as truthfully as possible.

Some actors can distance themselves from the parts they play, but I fall into the category who use bits of themselves.

I never act my characters - I am them.

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

Actors pull from their own experiences to bring reality to the characters. I wouldn't want to play someone who's a lot like me. There would be no turning it on or off.

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

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

There's nothing worse - I don't like listening to actors talk about the process, especially when - I mean, for me I've played a lot of guys, dudes, boys in a sense and this was a challenge for me just to play that official character.

It is definitely a challenge to play Nathan, but the more different he is from myself, the more interesting the character becomes for me.

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.

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

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

What I learned about acting is that you become the character, like I became 'Timothy Green.'

I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight.

Here's probably a short answer - I never feel in this piece that I'm stepping out and being Andrea Martin. I always feel like I'm Golde, so whatever Golde would do within those realms, that's what I would do.

Actors have either got to play something that's close to them, or something that's the complete opposite.

I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.

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

I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character.

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.

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.

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.

You have to sort of see the way that the character behaves, and what the character says and does, and claim it in the same way that you claim anything, really.

I don't even draw on my life experiences when I'm acting. I just try and make it feel like I'm living through that person's skin.

I kinda lose my mind in 'Fringe,' or at least my character does. Whenever I'm acting, I tend to accidentally become unable to switch off the character. I'm a little bit of a method actor, but without really wanting to be.