Charlize Theron Quotes

I find that I kind of have to sink into the character.

I never act my characters - I am them.

There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character and coming out from there.

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.

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

I think, for every actor, the most challenging part of playing a character, specially a real-life character, is to convince yourself that you are the character.

The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research.

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

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

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

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.

You hear stories of intense actors who can't shed their character and who don't know who they are for a week or two after. I'm not that guy, man.

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.

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 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.

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

When I start thinking about a role, I read the script a few times and then let it sink in - and then take some time to develop how that character is going to play out and what he's going to do.

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

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

I wouldn't say I'm a Method actor, but I do try to focus very deeply on what character I'm playing, and everything else goes out the window. I forget about everything. I try to get everything else out of my head.

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 could not be one of those actors who stays in character all day long. I'd go mad.

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

I'm very much the type of actor that once I embody the character, I could stay in it from the beginning to the end.