In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it. Either the character helps you discover that element of you or the other way around, where that element of you helps you dis...
I just didn't want to get bored playing a character, and that's kind of the benefit of doing films; you've lived with a character for four or five months and that's it, and you walk away from that character and you feel like you told a story.
None of the actor methods ever discussed what it would be like to play a character on film for over a decade, and what it must be like to return to a character and imagine the time off-screen, which is interesting. There's something as an actor that ...
I live intimately with my characters before starting a book. I cut out pictures of them for my wall. I do time lines for each major character and a time line for the entire novel: What is going on in the world as my characters struggle with their pro...
I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes wer...
I like characters like Ignatius Reilly in 'A Confederacy of Dunces' and Ricky Gervais's character in 'The Office.' They think one thing about themselves, but the truth is as far from that as it can be. So I began to think about how to put that kind o...
It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it doesn't look authentic. So I really want to defeat Jimmy - I mean Jimmy as the character.
As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters.
As long as a character doesn't die, the character can always come back.
Some of the best characters are the most flawed characters.
I want to play many different characters.
I've always considered myself a character actor.
It's important to have female solidarity and support each other and other actresses.
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero.
Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business.
My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
I think female drummers are great. I think there should more of them.
You can, of course, be a sexy, strong female and be a good role model.
Celebrity or no celebrity, I think a lot of females deal with the fear of being abducted.
The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
