You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As an actor, you ask yourself what you can do to put yourself in a position where you can play that role.
The best thing for an actor is to try it his way. The way they do it may not work, but it may inspire me to try something else.
As an actor, you need to be versatile. You need to challenge yourself.
Obviously, any time you're closer in terms of what your knowledge is to a character, you can add something. But an actor's job is not to play only people he can identify with.
As an actor, you never know where the work's going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.
The only thing that I know how to do as an actor, as a trained actor, is you can't villainize the character you're playing. Whether it's a fictional character or a real character. Because then you operate from that sort of negative point of view, and you can't humanize him.
The actor always must be in the scene, not above the scene. To communicate any larger ideas is my problem; it's how the narrative is constructed and directed that hopefully does it.
Now I don't want to feel cornered as an actor, because I've got a wider range than that.
As an actor, you know there are things you get asked to do that you do quite well, with less effort.
As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.