How to Build a Character

The video below gives basic information on how to start working on a character. It elaborates on the 5 questions you can always ask yourself in acting to get started:

WHO

WHAT

WHEN

WHERE

WHY

The answer to each question gives you more clues about how to play your character. Some of the answers will be in the play or movie you are acting in, some you will have to make up.

That's when your imagination comes in. What you imagine and the choices you make is what will make your character unique.