How should an actor learn to embrace a role?

How should an actor learn to embrace a role?

William Shatner (Author) gives expert video advice on: Why did you become an actor?; What's the William Shatner 'Problem Solving' approach to acting?; How should an actor learn to embrace a role? and more...

Well, I try to find the core of everything: the core of the story, the core of the scene, the core of the character. And from this core, these tendrils come out. So you angle…. Captain Kirk, if you want to go to that popular character. I always saw Captain Kirk as full of awe and wonder. So if you see something, rather than being afraid, or angry, or whatever it is. It's “Holy (bleeped out), look at that.” It's a “Holy (bleeped out) moment”, everything.