Abgestimmt / Tuned Angst / Anxiety Angst / Fear Etwas / Some Gespielt / Played Heroisch / Heroic Menge / Lot Schmerzen / Pain Unbesiegbar / Invincible Vor / Before Wege / Ways Zeichen / Characters
In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book.
I seem to have to make my characters family before I can access their hearts in any way that matters.
I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.
Forney in 'Where the Heart Is' has more fans than any other character I've played.
I wouldn't be able to tackle a character like Rosalee on 'Underground' without having tackled the many characters I've played before.
It's very important that I'm approaching a character that I've either not played before, or I can give it a different take.
Somehow I find it easier to inhabit characters if they are a little bit pathetic. I do seem to have an affinity with pathetic people.
When I hear the piano played in a compositional way, like in a songwriter's way in a compositional way, there's a certain arc to that that I love.
The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts.
