There's a difference between being a poseur and being someone who's so emotionally challenged they're kind of just doing their best to show you what they've got.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's not me trying to act or pose in a certain way. It's a lifestyle - like a suaveness or a swag, per se.
As an actor sometimes you can be a bit emotional and forceful, and that's not always the way to be.
I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.
You know, you've got serious pieces, you've got light pieces, you've got cooking segments, you've got health-related topics, so it's not as if they've had a unique personality from the get-go.
An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor.
Sometimes, as a young woman, you are boxed in more to playing characters that are emotional and vulnerable.
You're not cast because you're like someone or because you're sympathetic to them. You're cast because you can act.
I have to tell you, you can't have an ego when you're an actor. A lot of actors have them, but in reality most of those people are just sensitive artists dying for a hug and a compliment.
I am a method actor, but I'm also a film actor as well as a method actor. Characters that don't have humility, whether they are heroes or villains, are hard to relate to. All characters in every aspect of what we do should have humility. If they don't, then they're a cartoon character.
The thing is, if I try to talk about acting, I come off as moaning. But I'm privileged. I think it's all about control. Acting is vulnerable because you're not in control of anything. You have to give up a lot of your trust; it's up to somebody else what they do with what you've given them.