“Most of the time when I receive a script, it says something like 'Rosenberg is the fat, slovenly Mayor, who doesn't want the kids to use the Skateboard Park,' or 'Stein is a pompous, rotund attorney, imposing to all.' It would be so freeing to get a script where my character is simply described as 'A Man.'” MenWantCharacterUseWould BeKidsScriptsFatsParksAttorneyMayorsImposingPompous Author:Fred Melamed
“I always think of the character as being me. But me wearing a 'coat', which may be a different way of speaking, moving or regarding other people. To me, acting is pretending, just like kids playing, only you pretend as if it were really, really real.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayMayDifferentRealCharacterKidsMovingActingDifferent WaysPretendingCoatsBeing MeKids Playing Author:Fred Melamed
