that's my way of studying a script. I find that if I pretend I'm Elvis, it gives me a little boost to find a character.
"Or I'll pretend that I'm a cowboy — even if the role's not a cowboy. Or I'll say the lines like a U-boat commander, then an Italian lover and the rhythm of that helps me get connected to a part.
"And then slowly ... once I feel that I have some sort of sense of the guy, I drop all that. And I talk like myself."
Walken on Walken
A good read.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell