I've got to tell you, I've played real characters before and people always bring up this word 'impersonation,' and I'm never entirely sure what it means.
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Acting is not just impersonating your character.
There is a very thin line dividing characterisation from impersonation. I've to make sure I don't cross over into mimicry.
I think impersonation is a great art. It's something that I enjoy doing, in a frivolous and lighthearted way. But I don't flatter myself to think I'm an impersonator.
Usually, impersonations come out of something you dig, because you're listening to it over and over. And you kind of start developing... You're really trying to emulate them, then you realize, 'I sound ridiculous doing this. Oh, hey, maybe this is a funny impersonation.'
I'm not very good at impersonations.
I'm not really an impersonator.
I've been told that I'm good at impersonating people.
It's funny - if you impersonate somebody, they have no idea it's them.
For a time, I really thought acting was just impersonating. But impersonation is just big brush strokes, really. What makes acting different is empathy.
I'm not impersonating anybody. I'm perfectly satisfied with what I am.
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