Character Development

Things to keep in mind when taking on a character:

• The character is as real to the character as you are to yourself. Keep your performance based in reality.
• The character knows what is going to happen to him as much as you know what is going to happen to you. Genuinely respond as if experiencing that particular instance for the first time.
• The character knows if his efforts are going to be successful as much as you know if your efforts are going to be successful. Try as if you believe you are going to succeed.
• The character knows everything he is going to say in his life (at least the part covered in the film) as much as you know all your words. Say the words as if thinking of them for the first time.
• What is happening around the character is as real to him as what is happening around you is to you. Believe in what is happening.
• The character knows the hidden agendas, etc of the other characters as much as you know the hidden agendas, etc. of everyone in your life. Act as if the character knows only what the character should know at that point.