A Quote by Janet Montgomery
In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it. Either the character helps you discover that element of you or the other way around, where that element of you helps you discover the character.
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I just don't play a character for the heck of it. Rather, I always look for a human element in every character that I play.
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I think that's how any actor would make their performance convincing: by bringing an element of themselves into the character.
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