Rachel Tucker Quotes

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

I got into acting classes. I didn't want to just go by luck.

I enjoy doing things that involve research because it's part of what I enjoy about acting.

I had to live and breathe Margaret Thatcher for a few months. I totally engulfed myself in her life. I read her autobiography and a biography, 'The Grocer's Daughter.'

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

I completely took off my eyebrows one time for a screen test. I hadn't even gotten the role yet. So you have to have a commitment.

With any character I do, I do my due diligence with research.

I played a doctor on 'Counterpart', so that was about studying and watching documentaries and reading and trying to learn.

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 like to do a lot of research for my films and live my character.

The way I prepare is through script analysts and back story. I create back story for a character based on script analysts, filling in as many details as possible. I also do a lot of research.

I’ve been an actor for 10 years now, and if anything I want to talk more about my dad. He taught me that even if you get past the casting director’s door you’ve still got to do your homework: you’ve still got to work hard.

I don't make comparisons between any movies. I compare characters. All my actions, performances, all my films, they are driven by the characteristic. If I'm playing a cop, then I give him a particular style - I may not know that style, but as an actor I have to be responsible to do your homework and do your research and training and stuff like that.

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.

I think acting for sure takes a lot of dedication, especially when you're starting out, because it's so much rejection and it's so important to really study and know your craft.

I started doing roles and working with people that I really respected and became passionate about the art form of acting. And I'm still trying to figure it out. Still learning.

I would say auditioning was my real training ground. The technical aspects - like hitting marks and pacing yourself and preparing and dealing with the downtime - the first recurring role I had on 24 was probably the way I learned that stuff.

I trimmed my lamp, consumed the midnight oil.

Do your homework and know your business better than anyone. Otherwise, someone who knows more and works harder will kick your ass.

First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ...study and read everything you can on the subject.

As far as being an actor is concerned, you have to have passion. If you're not bringing the passion of the character into the room with you, you might as well not come into the room at all.

No one is really a method actor, everyone has their way of going about it, preparing for it, but method is preparation, it's what you do to prepare. So my method is to read the script. Some actors' method is to read the script a hundred times and in the doing of it, to immerse themselves in as much of the reality as possible. Me, I believe strictly in acting. If I am out of breath, I'm out of breath. I ain't running nowhere.

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

I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.