Rita Tushingham Quotes

Any actor would love to just pick up a script and be like, 'I can connect to this person, and I can see myself playing him.'

I feel like there are things I can relate to in every character. But I feel like when you read a script, you don't get to see the definition behind someone, you just get to read what the person goes through and find a place to come from to make it real.

I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.

There has to be something that I like about a character for me to be able to play him.

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

The only way I can be there and really get into the character is if I'm her.

There's an impression that actors make a lot of choices. I just take what's there.

I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether it's a man or a woman.

The more I'm here in L.A. talking to people, the more I believe that what I've been doing is right, and that's the belief that you have to judge a role from the character, by the script.

You're sent scripts, and for some, as soon as you start reading them, you feel an instant connection to the character. You know who they are, you know how to play them, and there is instant enthusiasm. Then, at the audition, you don't have nerves because of that natural affinity.

Well, as an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing.

I think it's necessary to identify with anything - with any character you play, there's got to be something in common, so you can link up to that person, even if it's like one tiny thing. But it's equally fun to play somebody completely different, and trying to find what that thing is to make it.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

I really connect with every character that I've played, just because I kinda have to; as an actor, you want to take them in and get to know them and like them; because they're evil, you kinda have to like them so that you can understand them and play them and play them with some kind of empathy.

I have had a lot of training as an actor, but it's very different than being on set.

For me, I've always been one that reads a script and has been ready, wiling and able to go out and fight for parts.

I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.

I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier.

I used to joke I was a point-and-click actor. My whole process has been about trusting your instincts and hitting your mark.

As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.

I always tend to see, right after reading the script, the character and how I want to play it. I guess that's sort of most of the work, preparing for the role, but almost the creation of the character seems to go on as I read through the script.

It's very good for me to remember what actors go through.

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it.

My job when I'm acting in a movie is very limited to playing a role. I'm not evaluating somebody. I'm only evaluating them insofar as they're interacting with me, but I'm not evaluating their skill set and I don't watch the movies, so I'm not aware of the way they're putting things together.