Raphael Bob-Waksberg Quotes

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 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.

Every actor turns everything round to their character.

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

I never really absorbed myself in a role like some actors do.

I am not taking home any of the characters I play on screen.

I do enter into character on set, but I can step out of it.

When you're an actor, you do get involved with your characters - your emotional life is tied up with theirs, and so is your physical life.

I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.

I'm almost tempted, when I'm playing a real person, not to meet them. Afterwards, maybe. But, the job is the same. You still have to show up on screen and be alive and real and all that stuff.

First of all, the actor needs to get out of the character's way. You follow the character without judgment or prejudice or preconceived ideas.

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.

For me, when I'm making a movie I like to stay in character throughout the day.

You don't really ever think you're that crazy person you're playing.

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

Well, I've always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys. So it never surprises me. And if it's good writing, you can find your way into the part well enough.

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

I guess every actor has certain emotions they can access easier than others.

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

You know what it is, when I'm playing a role sometimes, I just tend to stay in that role. It's easier to maintain. We just shot a pilot in a very thick American accent. I feel like the character lives in me. Of course, my family tease me about it.

I'm affected by the characters I play, and sometimes they're hard to live with.

Sometimes you read things that people don't even notice in a performance, that you just are moved by or understand that this actor is really living his or her life on the screen. The first time I realized that was when I watched Brando in 'On the Waterfront.'

Once you're playing someone, you shouldn't be judging them in any way. That's what being an actor is - it's having empathy for people that are different from yourself. Once you've committed to that person, your responsibility is to tell that story.

I think I'm sort of method in a sense, and I enjoy, you know, trying to find that reality in fake emotion.