Quotes About Embodying

I always wear the shoes of the character a week before going on set; the idea of just putting on a new pair of shoes on the first day of filming is just horrific.

Prepping for any character is the most important thing because if you don't know how she walks, talks or thinks, you can't do justice to it.

If James Franco's wearing a costume, and I'm wearing a motion capture suit, we don't act any differently with each other because of what we're wearing. We're embodying our roles.

I discovered my physicality, I discovered running, and endorphins, and the sort of amazing way that people are meant to move. And that's what's great about 'Hanna,' because she moves. She's human and she embodies all of that.

When I'm trying to find my way into a character, the voice and physicality are the first two things I do.

I always believed in my characters. I lived them.

As an actor, you are in a unique position because you're not only memorizing dialogue but really embodying it. You naturally feel the rhythm of good writing.

I played Mary at the age of seven in my first nativity play, and I loved it - there is something so fascinating about embodying someone else.

I've learned by experience that, if I get too clever with lyrics, or if I'm not totally embodying my own wants and needs in the songs, I can't remember them.

You're always trying to find common ground with whatever you do, but you want to not be thinking about yourself when you're performing a play. The job is getting yourself out of the way and letting the character go about the scenes.

Crawling into someone's skin is what acting is all about.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

To my mind, the actor has this great responsability of playing another human being… it's like taking on another person's life and you have to do it as sincerely and honestly as you can.

I am passionate about learning to most fully embody the spark that is the source of life, the hidden glory of the Creator.

One of the great things about being an actor is that you do get to indulge in someone else's life.

I grew up in Queens in N.Y., and in parts of my neighbourhood, there were a lot of Italian Americans and a lot of people who were either affiliated with nefarious people or had seen so many movies that they were embodying that.

I think it's important to play real people.

I suppose what I look for most in a part, other than it being different than the part before, is: Does he interest me? Will I have fun getting to know him and, to a greater or lesser degree, physically embodying him?

The thing about being an actor is that you turn into other people. You have to hide yourself a bit in order to let that other person come out.

I sometimes improvise, and that's what I call 'massaging the character.'

I examine other people's characteristics, so when I'm playing characters, I don't always have to make them me; I can transform into others.

I believe in the fact that to portray a character convincingly, you need to live that character, own that character. You have to be earnest with every line that you deliver. However, it doesn't mean that you have to cut off your true self.

I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.

I take my time to get into the mindset of the character and say my lines. I really have to be the person that I am playing.