Katie Cassidy Quotes

I generally don't feel the need to do more research than is necessary to play the part for me, to inform me.

It kind of varies. I don’t have a method yet. It depends on the script and the character I think I need. I’ve worked with acting coaches, researched roles, and channeled different parts of myself. It’s on a case-by-case for me, right now.

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

You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - what's written and not written.

A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it.

As an actor, you can have your own backstory and prepare all the details that you need to know for your character.

I won't even think about acting in a role where I didn't do a back story for a character.

Preparation is definitely important, but it depends on the kinds of roles I do. Like, I completely identify with my character in 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.' I had to be myself and I didn't have to actually prepare for it.

I figure out who I'm playing opposite, and I really do study them.

Actors are investigators.

That's one thing I like to do before going in for a read - doing research once I actually have been granted the role - is to look up people's names.

I'm always studying actors and movies. You can never not do your homework.

I'm not an actor who approaches films doing a lot of research. I do zero research, unless it's a film where I'm playing a mock version of someone who already existed. Then, you've got to do a lot of research.

As an actor, anything that you have to help get you into character is helpful.

It's always interesting researching characters and as I get older and the more that I work in this business, I do more and more of it because I realize how important it is.

One of the joys about acting is researching.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.

I don't do method acting. If I play a farmer, I'm not gonna spend 3 weeks on a chicken farm. That's a bit too much for me.

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.

Part of an actor's job is to draw up a back story.

The strange thing is, if I was speaking to drama students about the thing that you should do if you're lucky enough to know or to meet the character that you're playing, I'd say, 'It's obvious: you quiz them diligently about their experience.'

I'm not really into method acting - the way I was taught was the good old-fashioned British way of just doing your research and getting on with it.

Any sort of role requires a certain amount of research and embodiment of the character and psychological investigation.

It's obvious that if you're going to play a character you need to amass information about that person and about their environment or their era that they're in and use as little or as much as necessary.