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People often ask me how I prepare for a new part and I find this a really difficult question. An actor needs
to know a lot about different sorts of people and different types of personalities. Imagine you are playing
the part of someone who is ambitious and intolerant. Perhaps you aren t like this but you have to
understand how people feel and behave when they are. So, I watch people all the time, especially when
I m preparing for a new part.
For me, when I m acting the costume is also very important. Clothes are really important to all of us. They
tell other people a lot about who we are and who we aren t. Different clothes can change our behaviour.
Think about it. When you put on party clothes, work clothes or sports clothes you change a little. For
example, in smart, expensive clothes you look good, you feel good and you are more confident. That s
why costume is important for me when I m acting. If I put on the clothes of an old, poor homeless woman I
feel more like her. The moment I put on the costume I change, and for a short time I am another person.
1 Actors have to
A understand people s characters.
B be very ambitious.
C show their personalities.
D answer a lot of questions.
2 Kelly watches people a lot because she
A is very patient.
B needs to understand why people are different.
C is interested in people.
D wants to learn how different people behave.
3 The clothes we wear
A tell people funny things about us.
B are important to us.
C must be attractive.
D show how rich we are.
4 When we wear different clothes
A it can make us nicer people.
B we sometimes feel different.
C people notice us more.
D our behaviour always stays the same.
5 According to the article
A Kelly likes choosing costumes.
B Kelly likes pretending to be an old woman.
C costumes help Kelly play a part.
D Kelly often plays an old woman.
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