You learn by playing a great team, and I'm talking about character things, not hockey technique.
The great attraction to 'American Gangster' is these two great characters who are absolute paradoxes within their own sphere.
Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.
High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.
Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character.
I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word: a journey.
My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.
I've never seen any character I've ever played as a bad guy or a good guy.
I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you.
If you can play lots of different characters, that's fun. As long as the material is good, that's what the attraction is for me.
It's too easy to sum up a person's character in one negative instant, and it doesn't put anything good out into the world.
As long as it comes across, the characters are well-served, the stories are good, and people like it, that's it for me. I'm a happy guy.
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
I enjoy the character interplay. Sometimes the audience is not laughing, but smiling, and that is almost just as good because it keeps them ready to laugh.
In any character I ever play, whether she's good or bad or whatever, my most important thing is heart.
It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies.
The token gay character is always so funny and so fantastic. That's happened a lot. Or they're often purely victims.
You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact.
It's funny, because readers think they want the characters to be blissfully happy, but it makes it kind of boring for the reader.
When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character.
I don't think there is a guy that played more gay characters than I have done in my life.
