There's nothing like getting yourself into character and seeing a different person. It really wears on your vanity.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There's no point in using someone else's characters if you're going to turn them into your own vision. You have to be loyal to that person's worldview and sensitive to what they would and wouldn't have done with their characters, and how explicit or inexplicit they would've been.
You and the character just become the same person in a way. There isn't really a character; it's just you creating this illusion.
I play characters. I don't think I really have a persona per se. I don't play the same guy every time. I show up, you don't know what I'm gonna do. I like it that way. I've intentionally tried to do it that way. I think that's what's interesting.
Costume is a huge part of getting into character. Your body soaks in what you're wearing, and you turn into someone else.
It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.
When I read a character that I really, really love, I know immediately what they look like. It's like I want to 100 percent become that person.
I think you're attracted to things that are different from yourself in a character because it's more interesting, and you get to play out a fantasy version of yourself.
I feel like people assume if a character is very different than you, that means it's difficult to get into their head or into their skin.
I don't believe you can get into somebody's character but more that somebody comes in you. You just use yourself. In everything I play, I feel like it is me. I just say different things on different times and look different.
I love the idea that somebody is going to compare me to my character or think that I am like my character when they see me. I feel like that is a role that I am willing to fulfill.