Giancarlo Esposito Quotes About Character
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When I listen to my scene partners and listen to their breathing allows me to be connected to them in scenes. I am not trying to multi task, not trying to talk on the phone, but in my character.
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I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.
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To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon.
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I like to always wash the slate clean, and reinvigorate my spirit to be connected to the characters that I am doing. I am finding new ways to allow myself to soar beyond the parameters of what the writers have written. My key is to commit, and love your character.
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What helps me is yogic breathing, dropping my spiritual level where I am really, really clear that I am playing a character.
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When you have great acting partners, you hope that your reaction to them is propels you deeper into your own character.
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Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.
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Many times - especially when I'm playing an historical character - I want to be really on target with how I create that character and really nuanced with who that human being might be. But I don't want to lose the likeness of me or the depth of my own personality. So meditation and my spirituality has helped me to realize that, yes, I want to get out of the way but I also want the ability to hold on to what the audience likes of what they see of me.
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I think many people have contradictions to them and I love characters that deal with those contradictions.
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If I can look at each character that I am given and create them in a different way from the last role, I'm happy.
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