I really feel our job as actors is to find a human experience in the character. So, for me, genre comes second; it's about script and the emotional journey of that character. Genre definitely has an impact, but it has more of an impact on the way the character is expressed. We all have the same core emotions of love, jealousy, rage - it's just how they're expressed.
Sometimes relationships are short, sometimes long, sometimes they're very deep and intense, and drama school is a hell of a learning curve. - Sophie Cookson
Sometimes relationships are short, sometimes long, sometimes they're very deep and intense, and drama school is a hell of a learning curve.
- Sophie Cookson
A lot of actors lack confidence - even if you're doing really well, you kind of feel like this might be your last job. I enjoy the feeling of, "Maybe… - Sophie Cookson
A lot of actors lack confidence - even if you're doing really well, you kind of feel like this might be your last job. I enjoy the feeling of, "Maybe…
I used to think that the times when you don't work, you should be anxious and constantly by the phone and putting so much pressure on yourself, but I… - Sophie Cookson
I used to think that the times when you don't work, you should be anxious and constantly by the phone and putting so much pressure on yourself, but I…
I think, for me, the main thing is feeling comfortable. - Sophie Cookson
I think, for me, the main thing is feeling comfortable.
I was really sporty and loved singing. I started off doing musical theater. I left university to go to drama school. So I was a bit of a black sheep. - Sophie Cookson
I was really sporty and loved singing. I started off doing musical theater. I left university to go to drama school. So I was a bit of a black sheep.
I love the English people - if you don't want to speak, you don't speak. And I'm quite like that sometimes. - Sophie Cookson
I love the English people - if you don't want to speak, you don't speak. And I'm quite like that sometimes.
Mark Strong is an amazing person. I just kind of enjoyed watching him. He is just so calm, dedicated, professional, and an absolute gent as well. - Sophie Cookson
Mark Strong is an amazing person. I just kind of enjoyed watching him. He is just so calm, dedicated, professional, and an absolute gent as well.
I really feel our job as actors is to find a human experience in the character. So, for me, genre comes second; it's about script and the emotional j… - Sophie Cookson
I really feel our job as actors is to find a human experience in the character. So, for me, genre comes second; it's about script and the emotional j…
There is something very nice about coming to New York and how everyone smiles - even if they don't mean it. When I go back home to London and say hel… - Sophie Cookson
There is something very nice about coming to New York and how everyone smiles - even if they don't mean it. When I go back home to London and say hel…
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