Sometimes you need to put your own characteristics into the actor, and you take different things from the character that you admire - sometimes you can't see the boundaries anymore.
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As an actor, you always want to keep it different, change it up, and, you know, just to keep yourself inspired and work with interesting characters.
I guess every character has a little bit of the actor - I guess for every character you play, the actor has to allow a little bit of their own character to show through.
As actors, sometimes we want our character to go somewhere different than it goes, but that's being an actor.
You know, the hard thing about audiences not liking what a character does is that they sometimes take it out on the actor personally. That's something that you know when you become an actor or actress, but it's always hard to deal with when it actually happens.
As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.
Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.
I think as an actor... I don't like to compare a character to anybody else, just because I respect other people's work, and I want that character to have his own identity.
A really useful quality to have as an actor is a lack of self-awareness. I try and get into the character's thinking, and some of them just aren't really that bothered about how they come across or aware of how they come across.
As an actor, you try to put a little bit of yourself in everything you do.
First of all, the actor needs to get out of the character's way. You follow the character without judgment or prejudice or preconceived ideas.