Because I was able to submerge myself into the character, I didn't have to go back and forth. You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.
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I'm not a fan of gushing emotions. I think that probably shows in all of the characters I play. I try to reinterpret the characters in my style.
You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.
Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation.
Sometimes you can just step into the character, and you get all your feelings and emotions just from sympathizing with her and being her. But then, other times, you just have to resort back to anything that you've been through in your own life and try to play that.
You use your emotions to try and find them in the character that you're playing.
I have a huge emotional attachment to characters I've created, especially the viewpoint characters.
I always find that I have to be emotionally on my character's side for it to be convincing.
I've always used my own personal emotions and things that I've gone through in my life to build a character. The work that I do before a film feels almost like therapy, between me and whoever I'm playing.
Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.
I'm an incredibly emotional person, but I always feel bad about that. The work is therapy... I need to emote wildly while I write. I weep. I'll laugh, get excited, and get up and pace. I try to take the emotional journey with the characters.
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