Sharlto Copley Quotes

South Africa, Actor
November 27, 1973

Sharlto Copley is a South African actor. He has played Wikus van der Merwe in the Oscar-nominated science fiction film District 9, Howling Mad Murdock in the 2010 adaptation of The A-Team, Agent C.M. Kruger in the science fiction film Elysium, James Corrigan in the science fiction horror film Europa Report and King Stefan in the dark fantasy adventure film Maleficent. He also played the title character in the science fiction film Chappie and starred in two seasons as Christian Walker of the TV series Powers. Sharlto is married to fellow South African actress and fashion model Tanit Phoenix.

The accent is always critical for me because it informs a lot of the character.

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- Character
- Accent
- Informs
Villains are not fun for me to play, as such. But caricature-ish, intense behaviors that are based on real human traits are interesting. That makes an interesting story.

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I grew up being fascinated by accents and dialects. One of the things that interested me were actors that were doing different characters, or sort of more caricatures.

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I feel very blessed to have had the opportunities that have already come. I want to pursue it as long as I can find characters that resonate with me and projects that resonate with me. I feel very comfortable in that world.

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The acting world is a humbling experience, I find.

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- World
- Acting
- Humbling
You're special, if you have some power in the world. People are looking at you and they think you're special.

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- World
- Power
- Special
I would love to do more acting; I really would love to do it, particularly character acting. I'm a character type of actor; I love situations where I've got a bit of room to improvise on the character.

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I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way.

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- Love
- Comedy
- First

I've always felt very comfortable with accents. Once I get an accent, I can do it, and that's just something I've been able to do my whole life.

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- Life
- Comfortable
- Accents
Because I'm a filmmaker at heart, I know a villain can't be too humanized and the audience can't empathize with him too much.

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That's what a powerful story does. It creates a more intense experience of life for you to watch. That's what a good film does for me, anyway. That process, I enjoy. It just makes for entertaining characters and entertaining films.

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- Experience
- Enjoy
- Process