Always be original. Never duplicate what you've seen another actor do. Be true to the character that you've been given, and the rest will come easy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As an actor, you always want to keep it different, change it up, and, you know, just to keep yourself inspired and work with interesting characters.
As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.
I think as an actor... I don't like to compare a character to anybody else, just because I respect other people's work, and I want that character to have his own identity.
As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters.
As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.
As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance.
I'll write a character with a certain actor in mind, but then once I start casting, I have to forget about who I pictured.
Sometimes you need to put your own characteristics into the actor, and you take different things from the character that you admire - sometimes you can't see the boundaries anymore.
I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in their professional and chronological lives.
As an actor, you never try to be someone else. You can't.