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The key to character is desire.
A character comes alive the moment we understand what he wants.
Character is expressed
through the difficult choices he makes under pressure. The greater the pressure the more
is revealed about him.
Work on character is a step by
step process. A character must first be the noise of his name, and all the sounds and rhythms
that emanate from him.
Character is also expressed
through contradictory desires. They bring dimension to a complex role. There is a hero
in every coward and a coward in every hero.
What distinguishes the great
actor is the unresolved nature of his characters.
A hero is not a fixed image, but
a surprising mix of many sides that can be glimpsed at, but never explained away.
Without memorable characters
we would have only a cinema of surfaces. Great actors leave us with a sense of mystery and
a realm of the unresolved.
Myth demands this. |
