How to Unlock Your True Character as an Actor

Your character comes from within. You know, yes, you have a script, and you've got to merge your knowledge of humanity with this person in front of you on the page. But whatever you're building has to come from your own experiences, from your own reference points. And I think that alone makes it organic and real, because you're starting from a real place. And then you infuse this character with the things that, you know while being true to what the writer has, you know, put on the page to the vibe for that character. You know, I remember early on in my career, one of my teachers saying that an actor is an everyman, right? Or every woman. But you actually do have to be able to be anybody that you see walking down the street. Any station in life, any perspective. So being an actor is really a lifelong pursuit of understanding humanity. And I think the more you do that, the more versatile you are able to be in your roles. And so I hope that I have been able to accomplish that to a certain extent.