“I'm kind of a nerd, so whenever I get a chance to talk to an artist I really admire, I tend to gravitate to process.” Quote by Susan Sarandon
“There wasn't space to mood-up. I think Rose Byrne was just extraordinary. Talk about a character that could be really unsympathetic at times. She just jumped in these scenes that go from anger to hysteria to crying to laughing and back to anger. I just marveled.” ThinkingCharacterSpaceLaughingCrySceneRoseExtraordinaryMoodHysteriaUnsympathetic Author:Susan Sarandon
“That's one of my little expressions. I never really studied acting so I kind of kiddingly talk about "building your circle" and "mooding up," because I really didn't learn any technique.” KindLittlesActingBuildingExpressionTechniqueCircles Author:Susan Sarandon
“Sometimes when you have to go into something, unless you're gifted and can just turn it on and off like a jukebox, you find someplace where there's nothing going on to get yourself into whatever state your character is entering into.” SometimesStatesCharacterTurnsGiftedEnteringAnd OffJukebox Author:Susan Sarandon
“I can't speak for other people, but for me, it never really worked to think something like, "What Beatle did she like in high school?" or those kinds of elaborate backstories.” PeopleThinkingKindI CanSchoolSpeakHigh School Author:Susan Sarandon
“It never really worked for me to have long arguments about motivation.” LongMotivationArgument Author:Susan Sarandon
“I think looking at your own life, on- and offscreen, you can motivate anything, or you can delude yourself into anything.” Thinking Author:Susan Sarandon
“Really, for me, it's important to know who's pitching and who's catching - just what that scene is supposed to accomplish in terms of storytelling. That being said, on the day, basically what you're trying to get yourself into an open place. And if the character is in a state of anxiety or vulnerability, you try to find some touchstone.” IfsKnowsTryingSaidImportantStatesCharacterTermSceneAnxietyAccomplishStorytellingVulnerabilityCatchingPitchingTouchstones Author:Susan Sarandon
“I don't like to plan. Very often, for me, acting is like loving; it's using the muscle that you use in loving, in that your heart feels open. Physically, you feel open. And so therefore your job is to enter, open, and listen. And see what happens.” FeelsHeartUseHappensJobsActingPlansMuscles Author:Susan Sarandon
“You have to take away the idea that something you do is right or wrong. I don't think there's a right or a wrong; I think there's an "it works" or "it doesn't work" for the whole. And that's why you need a director you trust, so you can just keep throwing out suggestions.” ThinkingNeedsIdeasWholeDirectorsThrowingSuggestions Author:Susan Sarandon
“Somebody can be the captain of the ship, which allows you to make big mistakes.” BigsMistakeShipsCaptainsBig Mistake Author:Susan Sarandon