You want to be honest with a character and play it truthfully, and you want to be genuine with your character.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I act according to the requirements of the character, and if I try to play the role, then I play it truthfully. In my daily life, I'm a laid-back, peaceful guy. I'm just doing my job to act.
You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.
You have to like the characters you play.
You have to believe that you are the character or the thing or whatever the hell you're playing.
I want things to be characters and not me. Why would I want to play me?
I do want to play characters that have redeeming qualities, that are likable, for sure, and I have in the past, and I will again.
I like to play very raw characters, characters who have a degree of vulnerability and passion about what they're doing.
I just always want to play people. I don't want it to be necessarily that you relate to the character as female or male, but that you relate to them as a person. That's the driving force.
To act, no matter how the character is, you have to love and have compassion for the character you're playing.
My approach is always the same. I try to be as honest as possible. Find the real honesty and humanity in the character because even a fictional character is supposed to feel real. And my job is to find that reality and bring it to the screen.
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