I've always been a believer in research. It's great to have an instinctual human reaction to a character, too, of course, but it has to be countered with knowledge and understanding.
Basically the children who watch it just see the little characters they love, and so they're not discerning about whether it looks great or it's a great story or anything.
I've got all these great broads in me, all these character women. I was playing a torn-down stripper at twenty-five on Broadway, and now I fit the shoes.
I said, 'Wouldn't it be great if Matt Damon's character fell in love with a girl with a real butt?' They were like, 'Yeah sure, sure - here's your personal trainer.'
I love great writing. I like interesting characters. I like to work with people who push me to be better, to elevate my game.
I would rather portray the hero if it's a really great film. All my favorite fictional film characters are heroes, such as in 'The Last of the Mohicans' and 'Robin Hood.'
One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career.
My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where the world goes on.
'Desperate Housewives' is an ensemble cast, where I played a tertiary character. I made a lot of great friends, but that show didn't keep me very busy.
Whenever people get to see you, it's a great thing. Once people see an image and see the character, they can get into the music a lot more.
I just want to keep laying down really great, strong characters, and the more I go unrecognized, the better job I feel I'm doing.
There's always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things.
If the characters are not alive to me, it doesn't matter how good the sentences are. It just becomes all cake and no frosting.
As a media member, my goal is to inform the American fans of persons of character. It's a joy for me, either writing a good story or telling a story on video.
It's good to play something that's black and white, and a guy that sees right and wrong. I've never played a character like that.
Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.
Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of good character with a real path towards citizenship.
Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.
I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into that category, it means you're working. So that's good!
I couldn't tell you a good, bad or ugly pilot just from reading it, but I can tell you a character I want to play.
Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this 'Obama' - this character who is there whenever the world needs something.
