Marion Cotillard Quotes

I believe in the fact that to portray a character convincingly, you need to live that character, own that character. You have to be earnest with every line that you deliver. However, it doesn't mean that you have to cut off your true self.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

If James Franco's wearing a costume, and I'm wearing a motion capture suit, we don't act any differently with each other because of what we're wearing. We're embodying our roles.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment.

When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing.

As an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life.

When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role.

What I learned about acting is that you become the character, like I became 'Timothy Green.'

I act according to the requirements of the character, and if I try to play the role, then I play it truthfully. In my daily life, I'm a laid-back, peaceful guy. I'm just doing my job to act.

I can't act, and so I have to live that particular character in my real life and then exhibit it on screen.

Some actors can distance themselves from the parts they play, but I fall into the category who use bits of themselves.

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

I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles.

I immerse myself right into my character whether or not I'm relating to people live as an actor on stage or whatever.

I find that a lot of the good acting comes out when you're physically being pushed: your brain turns off and just deals with the situation at hand. You get to a point where you're exhausted at the end of the day, but I quite like that.

I understand what it is that actors do. They embody someone that they aren't.

Actors sometimes immerse themselves into it so deeply that the line between who they are and their character can become blurred. For me, I think it's just about getting clearer on my whole life and who I am in order to make it possible for me to play whatever character is presented to me at a particular time.

You've got to bring yourself to any character you do.

The beauty of acting is you just get lost in it. You play the character, and you hope that it works.

We are actors. We can adapt to any different look for the sake of the story and the character.

You have to bring yourself to a character.

Part of being an actor is being susceptible to imaginary circumstances, so as soon as I'm on the set I feel like I'm actually there.

Playing a real-life character, as an actor, gives me real high because there is so much of research material available in front of you.

I don't really overthink my characters. The camera comes on, and I am on.