Jewel Staite Quotes

I am the kind of actor who will do just about anything.

Meisner technique was different than anything I'd ever experienced. It's a really great way to be accountable to your craft and to yourself, but also it takes that kind of focus and dedication to learn anything.

For the role of 50-year-old Sivasami in 'Asuran,' Dhanush has put in phenomenal effort. With his extreme level of dedication, he pulled off the challenging character effortlessly.

It's my job as an actor to commit to the role and not - through my own inhibitions - run away.

Nothing comes easy when I'm in character, because everything I do in character, I take seriously.

I don't think a lot of people really understand the commitment it takes to being a character that an actor in Hollywood would take to approaching a role that they're doing.

I admire Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman for their sheer dedication to their craft.

Before I do a movie, I watch Meryl Streep movies over and over. It's not to mimic her. It's to remind myself to be more committed.

This acting's serious! And I really respect those actors. It's a tough business to be able to be something you're not and be natural and convince people on camera.

Acting is a bigger step into modelling in a way. Modelling is easier when you don't look like yourself. When you look like a different person, you feel different. Acting goes deeper into that; you have to move and talk like that character. I love it.

I'm challenged by people like Russell Crowe and Sean Penn who come in with such incredible discipline and power.

I lost 30 pounds to play my character in 'The Mexican', but people don't take to skinny mafia men, and I don't feel right when I'm thin.

I always do whatever is best for the character.

So the mask was just really easy, I've got to be honest. And it was great actually because it really allowed you to get into the character a little bit more maybe than without it, if that makes sense.

I have an immense amount of respect for acting. I've always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.

I don't shoot two films at the same time. I finish one character and get into another character because I change my look for every film. It's difficult, but I enjoy doing that.

I get very involved in my roles. I want people to think it's all really happening. If I'm in it, I'm in it.

I'm no Method actor. I've tried staying in character, and it's just exhausting.

I'd love to be one of those guys who could be like, 'Yeah, it's really exhausting,' but the truth is I'm not method. I don't take roles home.

I got scars from every film I've done, every TV show.

There is no such thing as too much rehearsal. When Daniel Day-Lewis told Steven Spielberg he needed a year for 'Lincoln,' I understand that.

I am always physically and emotionally invested in the characters I play.

I will do whatever I can to become the character. I have no right to distract the audience from the mood of the film.

I did a film a few years ago where I gained a lot of weight for it. I was happy to do that because it was called for in the script.

When a role involves physical transformation, it helps build the character better.