John Thaw Quotes

I'm not a Method person, so I'm not like in character all the time.

I am not a method actor. I would call myself a spontaneous actor.

All my characters are me. I'm not a good enough actor to become a character. I hear about actors who become the role and I think 'I wonder what that feels like.' Because for me, they're all me.

I do whatever I need to do to get into character. Sometimes it's being incredibly quiet, and sometimes it's being loose and goofy.

You can't generalise, of course, but there is a school of American acting where there is a kind of pride in the number of takes you can do.

I don't do method acting. If I play a farmer, I'm not gonna spend 3 weeks on a chicken farm. That's a bit too much for me.

I never thought of acting as a creative process. Christ, I used to go to the movies and see Brando talking like he was trying to sell shoes, and he was great. I thought anybody could do it. Then I tried it, and I got so uptight, I'm limited as to what I can do on film.

I'm not really into method acting - the way I was taught was the good old-fashioned British way of just doing your research and getting on with it.

I'm a geeky actor, in the way that I like the craft of acting.

I don't know if I'm a method actor.

As an actor, I always like some tension, some distance, between me and the character I'm playing.

For better or worse, I don't necessarily categorize myself as a method actor; I'm not going to make claims that I stayed in character 24/7.

I am not that big a method actor.

I always hate it when I hear actors talking about the process of what they do, so I'll keep my thoughts to myself.

You have to be very specific on the technical part of the acting.

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

As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.

I guess because I pay so much attention to the physical part of the character, I don't look upon it as like Charlize Theron up there. I don't think of them as like Charlize Theron films.

So many actors get caught up in their technique, and to be honest, I see it really getting in the way. I see them forcing things. I definitely do my best work when I'm free of that. But I think as an actor, I work really hard in preparing the roles.

If James Franco's wearing a costume, and I'm wearing a motion capture suit, we don't act any differently with each other because of what we're wearing. We're embodying our roles.

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.

I'm always interested with other actors in what their process is, and are they still interested in acting, as opposed to being a star.

You know, I've never been much of a method actor. I feel like, with every project I go in extremely prepared and I like to have a good time.

I'm not a method actor; I hope you know that!

People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.