‘Manchester by the Sea’ Star Lucas Hedges on Capitalizing on Early Success
Hedges speaks about starring in the Oscar-winning film and his latest role in an Off Broadway play.
Hedges speaks about starring in the Oscar-winning film and his latest role in an Off Broadway play.
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“I’ve always stuck to a similar approach with each job. Show up on time and prepared, and pay attention.” – Viggo Mortensen
“I really think about acting in two different parts. There’s convincing and not convincing acting.” – Tom Hardy
“When I suddenly feel like I can’t find my footing, I listen to a song or look at a photograph or read an essay, and reconnect with what I felt the essence of the character was.” – Greta Gerwig
“It didn’t occur to me to try acting it until I was, for an actor, relatively pretty old — 22 or 23.” – Viggo Mortensen
“The fun part for me is endlessly talking about why does he do this, or why does he do that, or why doesn’t he? I really get into that.” – Casey Affleck on Rehearsing
Ali points out that having anxiety or fear about a role shows that he’s getting close to finding his character.
“They’re going to be judged based on your performance by millions of people.” – Aaron Eckhart on Playing a Real Person