Anytime you take on a character... you just have to find the parts of the character that you can understand.
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You rely on a lot of things about learning to play a particular character.
If I prepare myself for a character, for a role, I always try to understand her.
You've got to internalize the character. You've got to learn the words. These are separate things, but they work together.
I find it an easy way into writing pieces is to think what the character's voice is like, and start from there.
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.
Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.
If you have a very good concept of your character, you can snap into it.
Once you've established where you are, you go to the character and elaborate on expressions and action.
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.
I try mainly to just focus on character and what my character's point of view is, with each person, and try to figure out story.
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