It reminds me of the famous exchange (which may have been apocryphal) between Dustin Hoffman and Sir Laurence Olivier. Hoffman was describing the "method" in wh

It reminds me of the famous exchange (which may have been apocryphal) between Dustin Hoffman and Sir Laurence Olivier. Hoffman was describing the "method" in which he got into the mind of the character he was going to portray by living as much as possible as the character did, wearing the same type of clothing, and trying to think like the character. Olivier, being a more traditional actor was said to have said "My boy, have you tried acting?"