Katharine Cornell Quotes

With every character, I just bring something that I can make my own.

With any character, you have to put part of yourself into it because we are the soul that brings that character to life.

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

As an actor, I don't really think you find yourself. I mean, once you find yourself, I think it becomes boring and you become set in your ways. I think, as an actor I think it's not a bad thing but more of a gift. It's something you're always doing as an actor. You're adjusting constantly.

The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my own play under what the writer has written.

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

Even if I play a similar role to one I've played before, I will never play it the same, I'll always try to do something different with it.

I use so much of myself in everything I do. I think every actor does because you have no one else to go to but yourself and your own imagination.

I never dreamed that the little ditties I wrote about annoying customers or bagel recipes would turn into a full-length musical comedy. But a very wise person told me to 'write what you know'. So I did.

I always try to make each character my own.

I became fascinated by the fact that you could translate written material into performance.

I think it's always challenging to look at a script and make it your own while maintaining the sense of what the style of the show is.

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

I know I sometimes come across as being quite dismissive about acting. But I'm not. It's like people reading their diaries in public. I don't want to talk about how I create characters. I find it self-indulgent.

I didn't look at the previous 'A Wrinkle in Time' movie. I wrote ideas down from the book, but I didn't really want to copy that Meg. We're the same, but we're different at the same time. I wanted to make myself Meg. I didn't want to use somebody else or use a reference.

As an actor, I draw from myself.

I'm completely in control of creating my photographs, and I'm not always in complete control of creating a character. It's more of a way to express myself than acting is, by far.

It feels amazing to be back on set. It feels like home, even though the territory is a little bit unfamiliar because it's a new show, it's a new character, but once you get in the groove and you start to settle in and trust the moment, you start to really feel at home.

It's a really weird feeling when you write something and you really know it and then you watch actors come in and do it.

Every role you do is kind of a side of yourself. That's why they give you the part.

When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.

I think back story can help guide your choices, but when you're playing a scene, you're not making choices; you're just intuitive.

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

The worst acting is about imitation.

As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do.