Getting to Know Your Character

Cool that I can see the whole volume of what emotions and contradictions the character can consist of. Big thanks for this video.

I am beyond excited to take this class from Natalie. I was a huge Star Wars fan growing up and that spurred me on to acting and to discover more of her work! I am hooked on this class already.

I can see that there are many facets to understanding your character. I wonder to what extent actors study psychology and understand personality from a scientific perspective. I would love to learn more about how she prepares for a character by studying people who live similar lives to those characters.

I wanna know how the hell she found those details from George Lucas'..... interesting writing

I took this class because I wanted to find out how actors approach their characters. I'm a songwriter and metal(head) guitarist but some of my lyrics evolve into possible storylines. So, drilling down and trying to making the characters as believable as possible. I've always respected Natalie Portman's roles and I hope to see how she approaches her craft and makes them real to keep moving the narrative forward.

Specificity through simplicity. Appreciated the easy to digest information. It allowed me to reflect on what things are in my processes of character development already and which ones could use some deepening.

I'm a writer, and I signed up for MasterClass to learn from authors. But these tips about getting to know your character apply equally to writing. On film, on the stage, or on paper, the better you know a character, the easier it is to make them believable and relatable.

I love how she explains not judging your character, but I think maybe an add on to that would be also not judging other people around you. You can learn a lot about people and pick up characteristics by observing without judgement. This doesn't mean agreeing with everything they do, but simply understanding why people do what they do. Great Lesson!

Great insight on developing your character through the relationships you have with the other characters and by developing unique qualities about your character that might not be explicitly laid out in the events of the script. It's all details I had initially thought I would need to do but never had anyone articulate it this way or even introduce and make an attempt to elaborate on these concepts so I didn't know if I was over complicating the craft and process of acting. But with insight, I feel so emboldened. Thank you Natalie.

I love how simple yet educational the lesson is. I feel like I can really resonate w Natalie and take what she says and make it my own at the same time.