Julie Gayet Quotes

I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday.

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

I like to prepare for my roles well, so you can call me a method actor to an extent.

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

As an actor, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world.

The process changes slightly from role to role. Obviously, there are different things you're called on to do. You're not digging deep for Basher Tarr like I was for Paul Rusesabagina, but at the end of the day it's still all make-believe and you still are trying as realistically as you can to depict these characters.

When you do a play, or even a movie, you have weeks to finesse your character. You really understand why they do what they do. In TV, you get new material weekly about your character.

Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.

When you get to set, you don't try to play the plot; you just play the character.

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

As an actor, you tend to just look at the script till you get to your stuff.

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.

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

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

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

I really don't know what I'm doing... I don't. It's terrible. I go in there and I learn how to be like the character and do the best I can, and that's all I really do.

I just happen to like the work. I like preparing for a role. I like reading. I like analyzing. I like literature. I like emotions. I like working with other actors.

I really love the process, with stage, of rehearsal, you get to create a character, and you have a beginning, a middle, and an end of story. And in television, you don't.

They did cast me as an ingenue once, and the novelty was nice. But I said, 'There is nothing here to play!' I really like getting into the meat of a role.

I'm still fighting really hard to get any role I get. If it's comedy, I go for the laughs. And if it's drama, I try to tell the truth, and try to play the real stakes of whatever scenario the character's in.

As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors.

I've been on projects before where there's no rehearsal, and you walk in on set and that's literally the first time you've ever played the character, and then I've had times where there's been three weeks of rehearsal. I like both.

I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that.

On the stage you develop a character that's different from yourself. In a film they're always saying, 'Walk over here. Say this line. Be you.'

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