It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.
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If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character.
As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters.
I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character.
When you're portraying someone that really existed, there has to be a time as an actress where you leave reality and move into the fantasy world so you can do your job of creating a character.
Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know of, and use them to embellish and define characters.
I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.
You work really hard to make it, and maybe you get some acclaim, but then you realize there are certain limitations as an actor.
I love the creating part of taking on a character. It is fun to be another person and create what it would be like to be that person.
Creating a character is about what they look like. The look speaks volume to the audience.
I'm an actor, and I love the art of creating a character.