In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story.
I don't really have choices in the material I get. So I have to make the choices in the way I play the characters.
Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment.
I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws.
Any actor who is being honest will admit there's always a small or large part of the real you in every character. It's impossible not to have that.
I don't exactly set out to only play creepy characters, it's just that a lot of those roles come my way.
You do get fond of your characters. Handing them on is like giving a child to a nanny.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
You read about somebody, and it doesn't really matter whether or not they really exist - the point is that you get into them like real characters.
I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.
I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what I was doing, but it worked and the character suited me.
Costume is a huge part of getting into character. Your body soaks in what you're wearing, and you turn into someone else.
Expressing political opinion can be a powerful way to establish a character's voice when writing fiction.
Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are among the most entertaining and beloved characters ever animated by Disney.
When you can have a character that the audience likes from the beginning, but then you put them in a situation where they grow - I think that gives it a lot of heart.
The themes, ideas and the characters from 'Skyfall' can obviously continue on, because it is a franchise, and it is an ongoing story.
Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.
'Dark Shadows' was the spark that lit the fire of my childhood imagination. It wasn't polished; it wasn't perfect. But it gave us characters with real personalities and complicated motivations.
I always played the ugly sister instead of Cinderella or the Wicked Witch. But those are the parts I love, and actually, to be a character actress, you have more longevity, hopefully.
That's the thing, when you play younger characters they're always less casual. You're hungrier or more naive. Those things wane in time.
Looking back Little Lulu was an early feminist, but at the time I just thought she was a really feisty developed comic strip character.
