Christopher Lloyd Quotes

What I mostly do is take the script, analyse the hell out of it, see what's in there, see what kind of person I'm dealing with, and then forget I'm playing a father and just play a person who exemplifies all those things.

When I shoot, I try to feel the body and the face and the weight of the actor, because the character until that moment is only in the pages of the script. And very often, I pull from the life of my actors. I'm always curious about what these characters and these actors are hiding about their lives.

I don't think I've ever watched a movie to prepare for a role.

If I prepare myself for a character, for a role, I always try to understand her.

As an actor, your first priority is the work - immersing yourself in the role, backstory, and bringing that to screen.

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

I never do any research for my roles.

I was amazed by the kind of preparation Hollywood actors do for their roles.

My preparation is mainly just knowing the lines and getting in and knowing where your character is, knowing what it's about and having ideas that you can put in on the day.

I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone.

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.

I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday.

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

Well, first of all, you read the script a million times. Because what the script gives you are given circumstances. Given circumstances are all the facts of your character.

I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time.

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.

Well, you know, with every character, if you're going to expose yourself, you've got to figure out every detail that you're going to play. So there's no character that you can just go put on his shirt and be fully prepared.

Basically, the way you get into any role is just doing research on the type of character you're playing.

I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character.

The least amount of info actors get, the better. Actors are always like, 'What is my motivation for this?' You didn't write it. Just say the lines.

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

When I start thinking about a role, I read the script a few times and then let it sink in - and then take some time to develop how that character is going to play out and what he's going to do.

I don't prepare for my roles. I don't watch movies to get inspired. I don't dig deep. I'll never be that type of actor, and I doubt that I ever will be.

I like to have something to base a role on.

For me, as an actor, the challenge is mostly before the film starts when you have to get into the psychology of the character.