A delicate blend...

A delicate blend……

“What I find sometimes that is tricky is if actors are using too much of their own life in a picture, in a scene, they get locked into a particular way to play the scene, and it lacks an immediacy.”
-Tom Cruise

I happen to agree. Obviously, I am not a serial killer; if I were to play a serial killer, I must be able to actually play the role void of my personal morality. If I were to drown in my own personal beliefs, I would be limiting the character; therefore, lacking immediacy. However…

“With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it’s just not acting. It’s lying.”
-Johnny Depp

….I believe that in everything I do there must be a part of me in it. It’s the delicate blend of the two that an actor must struggle to find…