Brad Leland Quotes

Acting in a scene is easy.

In theater acting, you leave that night and what it was is what it was.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

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

I was trained as a dramatic actor. I'm really excited to do some more dramatic stuff.

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

I love theatre because it's just me and the audience. It's the litmus test in acting, to be able to sustain a performance over one, two or three hours.

I love doing theater so much - being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with every performance.

As an actor, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world.

In a drama, you don't make a fool of yourself.

I would love to play Bobby in 'Company.' Also, I would love to play George in 'Sunday.'

The process changes slightly from role to role. Obviously, there are different things you're called on to do. You're not digging deep for Basher Tarr like I was for Paul Rusesabagina, but at the end of the day it's still all make-believe and you still are trying as realistically as you can to depict these characters.

If ever I feel I might be able to tackle it, I'd love to try holding a spear or something in the theater, or opening a door, or anything, just to try it, you know, because it must be some marvelous magic thing.

To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you're always trying to understand character and motives.

When you do a play, or even a movie, you have weeks to finesse your character. You really understand why they do what they do. In TV, you get new material weekly about your character.

People prefer doing films. That is not the case with me. I don't do theatre because I have to but because it makes me feel alive. I enjoy the whole process of rehearsing, though repetition can make it tedious.

I work a lot; I love to compose, ponder, and take notes when preparing for a role. I cut all the scenes, collate the images, form the character and shape its personality, then I make meticulous notes and transcribe each scene on my notebook.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

Theater is a way to keep challenging myself.

I really don't know what I'm doing... I don't. It's terrible. I go in there and I learn how to be like the character and do the best I can, and that's all I really do.

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.

Acting is something I love to do. I love to perform and I love the art, the craft of it.

Acting is a mysterious process.

I really love the process, with stage, of rehearsal, you get to create a character, and you have a beginning, a middle, and an end of story. And in television, you don't.