I'm an actor; I have made my living by acting, and I almost think I owe it to the public to express my feelings and not as a character on a screen but as myself.
The thing that cracks me up is how these reality characters start out thrilled and excited just to be on television, and how they move to thinking they are as big as the Friends.
I come from a theater background, so usually, at the start, you know what happens and where the character goes and everything. But with TV, it's really unpredictable.
A lot of actors are like, 'Why do I do this? My character wouldn't do this? This doesn't make sense.' And in a comedy, you kind of just need to walk into the door.
If you look at me in 'Ride Along,' even though I'm playing two different characters, my demeanor and my tone were not aggressive.
I never really do much research before signing a film. It is just the script and character that I concentrate on.
I treat all my characters as if they were real, and I am scrupulous about the details of their lives.
One of the things I liked about my character in 'Run' is that she can just disappear into the background if she wants, which is what I'm like.
So the laughs had to come from the character, not because we had balloons in our shirts or were speaking in high voices. That was very important to us.
I wouldn't say I've changed my mind. I changed some of my natural habits, some of my natural character.
I've always wanted my characters to have more dimension and realistic cores than the ingenue material often provides. It's been a challenge.
Some of the newer folks in the industry, I'm not sure they are familiar with the term acting. They don't understand what it means to play a character rather than just be a personality.
You'd be naive if you think you are going to retain any control once you option a character to TV.
My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
Where the gaming world is going - and certainly Activision proved it by hiring me - is being willing to push and bend and move in a new direction of actually capturing the character and storytelling.
Francis Underwood was entirely based on Richard III. When Michael Dobbs wrote 'House of Cards' in the original British series, Richard III is what he based the character on.
Being a correspondent on 'The Daily Show' is some combination of doing a character and doing stand-up. It's a juggling act to find a balance between being you and playing a role.
Character is just an invention, but it's an invention that serves as both reason and justification for our behaviour. - Broken Verses
The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice.
Each director is different. Clint Eastwood and Chris Nolan are completely different, and I need to adjust to the story and character and the director and just my duty as an actor.
It's fun to grow with a character over the course of a TV series. Video games are usually a much more condensed process.
