Kay Kay Menon Quotes

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

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

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

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

I love an acting challenge, and I love getting to sit down with my script and do all my drama work.

You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.

It's a surprisingly sacrificial job being an actor.

I like acting; I like being lost in the creative process.

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

As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.

Anyone who has been given the gift of being opposite an actor who gives and gives, it just makes you better.

One of the exciting and enjoyable aspects of acting is being in the environment with another actor.

I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.

To be able to work with actors who are doing such good work, not only makes it easier for you, but it makes you better.

I don't really give much thought to the roles that I'd ideally love to play.

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

I have a theater background, so I like finding beats, working on things and having rehearsal.

There's always a sense of newness with acting, because every role, you come to every role fresh.

When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it.

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 to do very long and complicated scenes.

It's a hard thing to do, to be given a script, and know that you've got to turn up on the first day of the shoot - generally without having had any rehearsal - and present a character. It's really baffling; it's incredibly hard to know how to begin, to approach it, other than just thinking about it.

I needed to do a play. I needed to learn how to act again, in a focused, all-encompassing way, and a really challenging play is a great way to do that.