To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.
I feel like all of my characters now take this congested situation, they clash, and from there you purge yourself.
The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without suffocating yourself in the mud in order to get an inch of what you really want done?
To act, no matter how the character is, you have to love and have compassion for the character you're playing.
Usually, characters that are doing something nefarious have some extra layers to them. The general rule is bad people don't necessarily think they are bad.
When I get a role, I try to delve as deeply as possible into the character.
I never act my characters - I am them.
Those are the kinds of roles you can really sink your teeth into. Characters with an edge. When you're playing someone who's sort of seedy, there's less limitation, there's so much space you can travel. There's room to move in.
Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.
Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.