To connect with the characters, you need to connect with the world. If the world feels vaguely familiar, I believe the characters will feel relatable.
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My school of thought with going into a character is that you have to understand where they come from, and you have to empathize with them.
I really connect with every character that I've played, just because I kinda have to; as an actor, you want to take them in and get to know them and like them; because they're evil, you kinda have to like them so that you can understand them and play them and play them with some kind of empathy.
Everybody claims they have relatable, connectable characters, but those claims often aren't true.
I think anybody would be hard pressed not to relate to at least one of the characters, because there's so many different multifaceted people populating this crazy world.
I feel like there are things I can relate to in every character. But I feel like when you read a script, you don't get to see the definition behind someone, you just get to read what the person goes through and find a place to come from to make it real.
Sometimes you become friends with the characters you portray.
As an actor, I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you. I've been doing this for 26 years and some of the things I've done are always with me.
I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.
I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.
The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research.
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