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Caspar · **08-06-2015, 09:55 PM**

(08-06-2015, 12:11 PM)13uddy Wrote:
(08-05-2015, 09:08 PM)Caspar Wrote: Generally I try to play a character as different from myself as possible in at least one theater. However there usually is some internal characteristic or focal point that I find innately sympathetic, or I will have trouble really grasping their character well.

I can't speak for anybody but myself (and possibly my best friend since she agrees with this), but no matter how hard I may try to make a character that is completely different from me, something still seeps in. Â Even if it is something minor, like maybe they have a weakness for cute baby kittens and bunnies (which is hilarious when I'm playing a "bad" character), or maybe we just happen to have a similar like or dislike of something (anything from an object, a food, a color and so on).

Yeah, a lot of people talk about bleed, and the attitude I take is that some degree of it is inevitable in the sense that you have to have some degree of investment in the character. Even if there is no similarity between yourself and the character, you likely are interested in their story progressing, so that in itself is a form of investment. I don't tend to agree with the idea of "characters as people" and so I try to use them as a device to talk about the kind of story I want to discuss. (Though that doesn't stop me from wasting hours thinking about every last detail.) There are themes the character is meant to focus on and draw attention to, and they must therefore be themes I find interesting at least enough to dedicate some of my brain towards. The character develops traits naturally as I try to think of a hypothetical character who could express this theme, and I think as I go, sometimes a bit of myself enters them unbidden. That does not however mean they are people I'd like to know though. Traditionally a lot of my characters tend to be pretty awful people, so it's better for me not to know them. If they actually are the heroic type, they're not the type who would get along with me in almost any case, so it's effectively the same difference.

Differences and similarities between you and your character

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