Character Quotes
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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To be honest, and I may regret saying this, the idea of playing the same character for a very long time is very daunting to me.
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I think you're attracted to things that are different from yourself in a character because it's more interesting, and you get to play out a fantasy version of yourself.
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What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.
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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.
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To anybody who says to me, 'I'm in character,' I say, 'You should be in an asylum.' If you don't know that you're pretending, then you should really seek medical help. I don't have patience for that stuff.
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Big Bird went through his very human kind of struggles as a child. No other children's character has been that complete and detailed.
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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
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I love when actors can let go of where and how they have to do it, and just that we do it. That we are flawed and human, and don't worry about how we look or who we are, or that it seems too old of a character if we're still young.
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I'm not a big guy. I'm not a menacing guy. I'm not an intimidating guy. I may look that way, but just spend two seconds talking to me, and you know that's not who I am - not as a person, as a character. It's not who I intend to be.
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Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
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Evil is such a simplistic way to describe any character, be it Iago or Caliban, or any character from history.
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I'm a character actor.
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I think there are only two kinds of heroes: the flamboyant ones and the angry-yet-silent types. Every character on TV falls into either category.
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Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.
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I've been acting my whole life. I have this huge imagination! I'm a dancer and my mom's a dance teacher, and I was always performing and entertaining people. I'd go to see live theatre or a movie, and I'd become the main character for a few days afterwards. I loved being somebody new for a temporary amount of time.
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I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than anyone else. There are always reasons for me to do whatever I do.
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We've all read, I'm sure, a Superman book where we didn't really feel like we knew the character. Where the writer, often with the best of intentions, has tried put a personal stamp on the character, whether it be to try and make him more current, or cool, or have a broader appeal, etc.
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It pays to cultivate popularity. It doubles success possibilities, develops manhood, and builds up character.
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I did 'Narnia' because it was a good opportunity and all that, but really? I wanted to play Mr. Tumnus because he's my favourite children's character. That was awesome.
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I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
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I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed by any one of the many elements that make up my character.
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There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor.
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I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.
