Ajay Naidu Quotes

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

I just want to do shows because you get to see, over all the seasons, the person grow, and you get to grow with the character. That transformation, for me, is what I love about my job. I get to learn about myself and challenge myself and grow with the character. For me, it's a whole process of learning and growing.

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

Film, for me, has been a process of learning on the job.

When I get a role, I try to delve as deeply as possible into the character.

I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines.

The rehearsal time is almost my favourite part of being an actress, particularly if you're working on a play that hasn't been done before.

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.

I'd always envied actors who got to play real people or got to do research. I've always just had these scripts where, I mean not in a bad way, but it was right on the page.

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

As an actor, I love the feeling of being on set and the camaraderie of working on something together.

The real road, to me, was within the actor, within myself, within my own personality. How much Jeffrey can I find, and how much of Jeffrey could I access? What parts of Jeffrey have I never used for Hank or for George or Oscar? - and that was a delight.

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

I try to inhabit each of the characters as fully as I can, however short-lived they are. But most of my show happens offstage.

I didn't have to audition. That's common, but it had never happened to me before. Normally, I hate auditioning. I need to stew and think... let the character develop and grow inside me.

As an actor, you want to push yourself.

Working with a great actor is really educational.

I'm not a Method actor. I don't believe acting should be psychodrama. I look within myself and see what I can find to play the role with. If I'm playing a blind man, I don't go around blindfolded for days. A lot of good actors would, but I don't go in for that very much. I like to just make it up as I go along.

I don't sit around with other actors and talk about the pain and the magic of acting.

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

If you can just actually let the character be for a bit, then you get the right sense.

I think you ultimately have to love who you're playing. You have to have that kind of feeling. You have to have passion for the person.

I played Romeo when I was younger, and I think I did a couple kind Romeo-like parts after that, and I kind of went, 'I mustn't do this again. I must always choose something that I don't know if I'm a good enough actor to play.'

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

The way I choose parts is I look at the scripts... I choose a part by whether or not it challenges me.