Some roles require a building from the foundation up; it really doesn't come to you easily.
Mercedes RuehlI find that once you find the sound and voice of this character you're playing, everything else follows. It comes right out of the fingertips eventually - the physicality, the gestures, the walk - for me.
Mercedes RuehlIn some roles you do that very hard work where, at some point into rehearsals, where all of a sudden it snaps into place. You feel like the soul of this character is now dwelling in you.
Mercedes Ruehl