That's precisely what we do as actors: try to convince the audience we are somebody else. And if you can do that, you are really doing something.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As an actor, you're listening to the other person and always trying to be present and take everything they're giving you, but when they're not there, you have to produce that yourself.
I think that's how any actor would make their performance convincing: by bringing an element of themselves into the character.
There are many different ways the public can respond to actors - they can see you on TV and feel they know you and own you, and there can be something quite cornering about that.
The reason I'm an actor and am trying to make my way in drama is to move people, to affect people, to gain a response - so these people who come up to you in the street are your audience.
To be in front of an audience and pretending, and to lie, this is the principle of acting.
You know, my point in being an actor is to get people to believe that this is not about me, but something else.
As an actor, the thing I want to do to an audience is always be ahead of them and always be surprising in the work without deviating from the writer's intention.
Our job as actors is to just try to be as accurate and as mindful of what the audience is going through and receiving and processing.
If you're dealing with personal kind of acting, you're not going to want to open up and expose it to everybody, because that's where the power lies, you know? It would be a little like showing your hand in poker, and then hoping you can still win.
I'm not asking actors to act. I'm asking them to behave. I want to see their being, not how they can fake it.