NINO - December MORE 2008 interview (part 3)

[barbosa2007]

This was the third part of an article that I had translated earlier on in the year.

Go here for part 1 and there for part 2.

Nino shares his thoughts on getting inside his character's head.

 

Everytime I take on a new role, I can’t bring myself to list out the qualities of my character.

 

Everytime I take on a new project, I dread this question: “What kind of person is this character like?”

 

Well you see, it’s hard to label a person with this or that quality. Even the same person, depending on what situation he’s in and the people he’s dealing with, would change his response and emotions accordingly, right? [For example,] when I’m carrying out an exchange with my manager, it’s different from when I’m being interviewed like this. I really think it depends on the relationship between the two parties.

 

This applies to Kouichi in Ryuusei no Kizuna as well. I can’t aptly describe the kind of person he is. He wants to protect his beloved younger sister and gets irritated at his frivolous younger brother. In a way, Kouichi adopts different personas when dealing with his siblings. In the curry shop that he works in, he becomes another person altogether. And this [adoption of various personas] doesn’t just come from the script’s setting, but also feeds off the lines from each character.

 

Of course, there are others who don’t follow this method [of acting]. There are many actors who go, “Well, since my character is up against his character, I’ll take an aggressive and silent stance towards that character.” Although I don’t particularly think that that’s wrong, it’s different for me. Firstly, I would consider why my character is hostile [towards another particular character]. For someone to become unlikeable, there needs to be a reason. Since it takes energy to hate someone, if there weren’t a particular reason, I think hatred shouldn’t exist.

 

Once I’ve taught that through, I’ll go on set to mingle with my co-actor. If I can’t have a “face-off” with that person, I wouldn’t know what kind of emotion to expect realistically. I really can’t tick off a list of characteristics, and it’s important to me that my characters portray a sense of realism and a facet of human nature.

Comments

[pi-hiatus.livejournal.com]

as expected from the Galaxy Award winner <3

[schweetmisery.livejournal.com]

i second that!
thanks
-> onto the last part
=)

[kittycurious.livejournal.com]

Thank you for translating! <3

Reading Nino's thoughts on acting is interesting. :)

[ni-daisuki.livejournal.com]

great actor!!!

[strwberry-muse.livejournal.com]

I really like the way Nino thinks. Thanks for translating!

[inay91.livejournal.com]

Nino really has its own style & class in acting!
This is why he is super good in acting & I love it!
Thanx a lot 4 translating & sharing it!
Luv ya!

[brandybelle.livejournal.com]

i love his interviews! hes so deep. but at least we can understand what he means by it.
thank u for the translation :)

[sandreen.livejournal.com]

Nino's had a lot of thought about acting, huh. Kakkoi~

[meredith276.livejournal.com]

wow. i LOVE it whenever i read abt nino talkin abt his actin. :D

[purplegabbie.livejournal.com]

i've always thought that the characters that nino play are so hard to describe, it's because he makes them so real that they're never one dimensional characters. i miss seeing him act in a drama:( thanks so much for translating!!

[purasuti.livejournal.com]

thank you :DD

[helloshamone.livejournal.com]

thank you for sharing~!

[heartilly26.livejournal.com]

i luv how serious and passionate nino is about acting ^^ thanks for sharing the translations ^^

[fonziebella.livejournal.com]

he's soo amazing :)

[tsuriken.livejournal.com]

I like the way he analyses how people react to other people, and how he uses that to aid him in his acting. And an actor playing a character with "adoption of various personas" is infinitely more realistic than a character which is just one or two dimensional.

(gaahhh, Nino, I do love you so~)

[akakame-pi.livejournal.com]

Thanks again for translating and sharing ^^

I have read the first two parts but forgot to read the rest of other parts :P Will finish this time :)

Talking about Nino as an actor... He's really good, isn't he? Whichever character he had to be in, he can always able to pull those character off without having difficulty. Well.. actually he would have a hard time if it's really hard to understand the character. But I think Nino is very talented :) If he had to act in a short skit and something easy, he will be able to do them right away. That's really cool, ne ^^

[heo-sua.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much :D