There's this feeling, when you stop believing it's a show and you're there and this is happening. Giles Matthey More Quotes by Giles Matthey More Quotes From Giles Matthey If anything, it was a very egotistical thing because I wanted to move people. I wanted to tell a story and move people. Giles Matthey stories people moving What you try to do, as an actor, is just make it work somehow. Giles Matthey actors trying In my ideal world, it would be a soulful connection to the role because you've shared a lot of the same experiences as the character and you just feel so right in it. That's the first thing I look for. Giles Matthey connections character firsts After I've done a good job, then I can get excited. Obviously, it would be very easy to get carried away, but I wanted to own that excitement. Giles Matthey done would-be jobs Having a good director is very important. It's crucial. When you do good work with a certain director, you want to work with them again, and hopefully vice versa. Giles Matthey important vices directors You look for the roles where, when you read it, you're just like, "Yes, I know that. I know that feeling. I know what it means to feel like that. I know this person." When you have a soulful connection to a part, that's a dream come true. Giles Matthey dream feelings mean You provide a lot of people with entertainment, and that's what will happen. I don't think you should ever feel like you're used to anything of that nature because you're no different from anyone else. Giles Matthey different people thinking I felt like I had to prove myself, but I feel that you have to do that anyway, as an actor. You're there to do a job, and that's your primary concern. Giles Matthey concern actors jobs Until I did my work and I did my utmost best, I feel like I don't have a right to feel excited. Giles Matthey excited feels An actor's job is to do their job. It's great if it's successful and it's fantastic when it's a huge hit, but at the same time, you're there to do a job and make sure you do it well. Giles Matthey actors successful jobs You should always view any job as just as nerve-wracking or just as exciting as any other. Giles Matthey nerves views jobs For a relative newcomer, it's obviously a dream to work with such a talented actress as Anna Paquin, who won an Oscar at 10, or something ridiculous like that. That's a dream. Giles Matthey I just saw dialogue, in the audition, and had no backstory. I was like, "I'm just going to be myself because I have no idea who this is or where he's coming from." The typical questions that actors have to ask themselves were very hard. I had to imagine, a little bit, and just made it work. Giles Matthey auditions saws ideas It was only when I went to acting school that I was like, "You are absolutely such a pigheaded freak show that you thought you, at the age of 12 or 13, could have a better understanding of Stanislavski. Why did you think that you didn't need to go to school?" It was quite funny. But, I was certainly inspired. Giles Matthey understanding school thinking
