MovieChat Forums > Lucas Black Discussion > Personal Quote

Personal Quote

posted 17 years ago by olliepack
9 replies | jump to latest

"If you have to change something about you to be in a part, I don't think it's easy to do. You should just pick the part where you can just be yourself. [About turning down a part in The Horse Whisperer (1998) because he was required to change his accent]"

I know that a lot of actors play the same character in every movue but i thought that the definition of Acting was playing a character not playing yourself?

"All you have to do, is to decide what to do with the time given to you" Gandalf- Lord of the Rings

[–] ellecamino12 15 years ago

I think he's a really good actor, so I'm sure that with practice he could pull off a different accent, but maybe he just doesn't want to. When I read that quote of his, it seemed like he just didn't want to change himself. You know he is probably just really proud of his roots. Maybe he wants more in life than to be an amazing actor. His bio said that he was a good athlete and student, and that he studied fish biology or something like that, so maybe that's his true passion, not acting. But hey, its just a thought, I don't know that much about him...