One of the hardest things about playing a soldier is kinda acknowledging that I've never done, and might never do anything that brave.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker acknowledges the difficulty of portraying a soldier without having experienced true bravery.
- In plain terms
- It is hard to play a brave soldier when you have never been brave yourself.
- What can you take from it?
- Portraying courage is hard without personal experience of bravery.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can you act something you haven't felt?
- Is bravery real or perceived?
Another view
The statement suggests experience is necessary for authentic performance which some actors dispute.
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