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Ask CNN: How do Actors and Actresses Prepare for Movie Roles?

Aired August 02, 2001 - 07:52   ET

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NICOLE WARD, TAMPA, FLORIDA: Hello, may name is Nicole Ward and I'm from Tampa, Florida. My question is: How do actors and actresses in Hollywood prepare for their movie roles?

JAMES COBURN, ACTOR: It depends on the movie role, of course, but because all the preparation is -- it's always different. When you read the script and you say that might be something. You find the character and you say, well, the character needs a little work here, a little something happening here, but let's see if I can't do anything. You start thinking about it. You start playing with it a little bit, you know nurturing it along just in order to see whether you want to do it or not.

FRANCES FISHER, ACTOR: Every role that I prepare for is different. Sometimes it's reading historical research on the character if she's a historical person. If it's a modern day person, perhaps it's experimenting with what her lifestyle is like if it's different from my own. Every role is very different and the script will dictate what it is that I need to do to prepare.

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