#Acting is an artform and if you aren't putting effort in then someone who's willing to do so should have your job instead.

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I've never been more (immediately) hurt by a statement than when I read "actors are just actors" on a post complaining about how High and Mads didn't really put that much thought into their Hannibal characters and don't care as much about Hannigram as the fans do.

WE ARE NOT ALL LIKE THAT

I beg you all to PLEASE realize we are not all the same

They are outliers here. Most actors work with their characters, they try to understand them top to bottom (this of course depends on the project. The level character depth you get in a long running Tv show is wayyyyyy different from the level of depth you get from a 15 minute short film)

Personally I want to know everything. From the character's favorite color or music genre, to their motivation: why they do what they do.

And if the writer doesn't have answers, I come up with them. I take what I'm given and I build on it. I use these little details to build a more realistic character.

Being an actor is so much more than just reading words on a script. I've been told a few times now "don't method act, it's dangerous, and it's bad for you"

But I've gotten this far by "living truthfully in fiction" and I expect it to carry me further