Do you picture actors in your mind when you read?

[LittleWilma]

I tend to do that if I have seen the movie first. It doesn't even matter that the actor doesn't fit the character's description in the book.

[Wolfsbane Creations]

Not really

[autumnmarie]

Almost never. Sometimes if there's a strong female lead I see Meg Ryan.

[David Dawson]

As many others have said, I like the willpower required to entirely obliterate the image of the actor from my mind if I am reading the book after having seen a tv/ movie version. Quite interesting that it happens to authors too; Morse and Lewis in the Colin Dexter novels began to morph into their television counterparts in the later books.

[Lovely_Ink]

I've never really thought about who would play the roles while reading a book and am usually shocked when I see the book on screen.

[ChrysThao]

I actually picture myself in the stories I read and imagine the scenory, and details.

[Arwa_m]

I always imagine specific actors to play the roles of any novels i read & to be honest "Khalid Hosseni" 's novels always
force me to picture the bollywood actor "i don't know if any would know him" 'Ranveer singh' , i'm not even a fan of him
but my sister "who's the biggest Btown lover" always watch these films and someday i just passed by and saw him on screen
, he reminded me of "Tariq" , "Nabi" in Hosseni's "Thousand splendid suns " & "And the mountains echoed" !
So , yes i do picture actors ! i totally agree with you !

[amansmith]

Sometimes I do, but most of the time I just picture the character as an individual with the characteristics described in the book.

[hannahryder05]

I generally tend to read the book before the film so not really. I've recently read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and found out it's being made into a movie. The book was so great that I don't think any actor/actress will ever do the characters real justice so I don't think I could bring myself to watch the film now for fear of picturing the actors when I read it again!

[Erin102]

I do, usually the authors description leads me to some actor/actress that fits the bill.

[GeonnaMarie]

I don't usually picture them while I'm reading, but I do like to try to figure out who would play who when I'm done.

[Cool Books]

Yes I do it all the time. I usually associate the people in the book with people I know.

[readinginreview4]

Not usually, I just picture the characters how I think they would look, and not necessarily by the description, unless the book has been made it movie and I read the book AFTER I see the movie.

[SidnayC]

For all the heroic YA male characters I read... I always picture this actor with black hair who is not really known at all... it's very weird because I don't think his all that handsome but when reading the books and I imagine him.. he becomes very handsome in my head.

[amen jamir]

Nah I don't do that.