Sushant Singh Rajput Quotes

As an actor, I think it's always important to separate yourself from your characters because, when you include yourself in a character, you're taking a liberty that you don't really have unless you're life is that incredibly close to the character.

I find that I kind of have to sink into the character.

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

I believe in method acting. Whenever I'm working on a character, I start behaving like him. I start doing these things which the character would normally do. Maybe that's the way I function as an actor, and I believe in it. And that's how I try and portray a character.

The actor's job is to put themselves in the shoes of the character they are trying to portray as truthfully as possible.

I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing.

A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing.

Good acting comes from finding the essence of a character.

I don't act in the way other actresses act, in terms of building or creating a character. I don't transform myself into the role, I invest myself in the role.

There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor.

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

Actors pull from their own experiences to bring reality to the characters. I wouldn't want to play someone who's a lot like me. There would be no turning it on or off.

Part of an actor's job is to find correlations between your own life and the life of the person you are playing.

I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.

With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in.

How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.

You draw on whatever's relevant to the part you're playing; it makes it more personal.

In terms of jumping into a character's skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is what's required to achieve what I want to achieve.

I don't even draw on my life experiences when I'm acting. I just try and make it feel like I'm living through that person's skin.

I've always done method acting. I'm a method actor, and I've done that for years. I never did acting and decided to take it seriously because all the parts people want me to do were playing the pretty role. If I want to play someone pretty, I'll play myself.

Some actors can create characters and leave them at 'Cut!', but I work the opposite way and drag them out of me. For me, it's about fixing your fabric to fit the role.

As an actor, I come to set, and I have already broken the character down by writing a poem about the character. I try to write in his voice, the way he would write it.

I wouldn't say I'm a Method actor, but I do try to focus very deeply on what character I'm playing, and everything else goes out the window. I forget about everything. I try to get everything else out of my head.

I wouldn't say I'm a Method actor, but there are times where a role will require you to live in their world.

I never really absorbed myself in a role like some actors do.