Samantha Morton Quotes

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.

That's what I love about acting, is playing different roles. I want to work for the character, and not make it work for me.

I think it is very important to be a method actor.

An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality an actor has off stage the better. A blank canvas on which to draw the characters he plays.

A lot of actors like saying, 'Don't judge a character; you might fall in love with him!' Not me.

As an actor, you can't just imitate someone. You have to get under her skin.

I don't see a difference between the idea of what an actor does and what someone supposes a character actor is, really.

Any decent actor knows you can't judge the character you're playing.

As an actor, I know it is my job to shape myself for a role - any role.

As actors, that has been challenging for us to pick up the nuances of the living legends we are playing.

As an actor, you always have to love who you are playing.

Real acting is about giving people an insight into a person, letting the audience in.

I appreciate actors who work very hard to get at the truth of the character they're playing. That speaks to me, and I try to protect that process because I value the focus and intention behind it.

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

Well, as an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing.

None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. That wouldn't be acting.

Actors walk around wearing these little tool-belts of acting skills. And I just don't find that interesting to watch. I never want to see someone who clearly can cry at the drop of a hat. That's so uninteresting.

As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.

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.

It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.

I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television I try to implement what I was taught to do in theatre, to try to stretch into characters that are far from myself.

I'm not an instinctive actor.

I love to be a working actor, and I love to read scripts as they come in. If I find the script or character that is interesting, I want to transform myself into that character.

I'm an emotional actor. When I'm doing a scene, I really believe it. I live the part as long as I'm in the scene.