When you shoot a film, you have very little time to waste, and I try to go into the character as soon as possible and stay there as much as I can.
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When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.
I think every character actor at some stage likes to carry a film. It can be extremely liberating to just come in for a scene or two and do your thing. But I find it frustrating if I'm just doing little bits here and there for too long.
Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.
Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character.
Before the film begins shooting, in your head, you need to be the character. You have to convince yourself somehow.
I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able to pick it up again.
I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.
I just didn't want to get bored playing a character, and that's kind of the benefit of doing films; you've lived with a character for four or five months and that's it, and you walk away from that character and you feel like you told a story.
When you come to do the film, it is not the time to wonder why you do it. It's just how to do it.
When you're making a film all by yourself, that requires you to have quite a bit of a point of view in order for anything to get done.
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