If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with the right actors.
I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character you're trying to be.
I think you have to draw from any character and bring it to yourself as much as possible.
You can say to actors that you've got to be the character and really get into it, but you have to make it realistic by bringing an element of yourself into it.
Before the film begins shooting, in your head, you need to be the character. You have to convince yourself somehow.
It doesn't matter how beautifully a film is photographed. The acting tells your story. It's what people relate to. If you don't believe the characters, it doesn't work.
I'm a virtuoso in my job in that there's not an actor I can't go into a scene with and be absolutely confident that, whatever is required of my character, I can do it.
As an actor, I am careless with the way I look on screen.
Whether you need to like a character, I don't think that's necessary in order to portray him.
I can't act, and so I have to live that particular character in my real life and then exhibit it on screen.