The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.
I think of clothes a lot like costumes. I think of what I wear in real life as being my real life character's costume.
I just kind of understood it, and I threw my love for others and love for life into the character, and was having a blast. I loved playing Dharma. I loved it!
Nudes are the greatest to paint. Everything you can find in a landscape or a still life or anything else is there: darkness and light, character dimension, texture. I painted heads too, of course.
Tennessee Williams was so adept at portraying characters who are both fallible and vulnerable. Women were a huge influence in his life, his mother and sister in particular.
I've been a character actress right from the beginning. I was no more like 'Cinderella' in my real life than I was like the neurotic poet in 'Cop.'
My only goal is to stay focused on my craft and make sure my life is as sharp as it can be to attack any character that is given to me.
I think the ultimate thing in some ways for any writer is to work on a character who's going to have a life for a long time.
That's true, you don't want to let anybody down and here are millions of people who've been waiting for their favorite characters to be brought to life and you don't want to disappoint.
That character called 'Robin Wright' in the movie called 'The Congress' has nothing to do with me... I've never felt that way about life choices, career, etc.
I've never really played everyday people. I've played realist roles, but not mere daily life. There was always something incredible happening to my characters.
The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its inspiration and character.
In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.
It's so hard for me to kind of fall in love with comedy, but if something comes my way... I mean, I loved 'Weird,' I thought that was a really fun character.
I love acting... I really do. I love crawling into another character's skin. That's something that I've always, always, always, always wanted.
I fell in love with Crawford because when she was twenty or twenty five, she would dance and talk and sing and do the things that Peppy's character needs to do.
I would love to be able to play some characters on television that are similar to some of the indie film roles I've done, that have been so close to my heart.
I'd love to do a character with a wife, a nice little house, a couple of kids, a dog, maybe a bit of singing, and no guns and no killing, but nobody offers me those kind of parts.
I love the challenge of playing characters forced on life-changing emotional journeys. To work on a project with Billy Crudup and Sam Rockwell is just a dream come true.
Every DC or Marvel property is constantly getting reinvented because we love these characters. They're so iconic, and we want to watch them over and over again.
