I'll often dream about characters before I start writing their stories.
What attracted me to acting, from the start, was playing different characters. I'm not a massive fan of just playing myself on screen.
To re-live these characters would be wonderful, because I know when the show ends it will be huge mourning process.
There's a button that goes On and I'm On. And when I go On, there is almost no me; there is just a character who is doing all this.
Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do.
There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.
Every story is entitled to have a ‘happily ever after’ ending. However, not all characters are so deserving.
I'm all about the story. If I like the character and I think the story's entertaining, I'll do it.
I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career.
I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.
The Prophet's character was termed tremendous because his concern was for God alone.
What's fun is that the characters in 'Broad City' are rushing and hustling, and our process reflects that.
I like to originate new roles and characters for musical theater.
I am like my characters - sometimes even the female ones.
In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.
Very few of my characters are based on people I've known. It is too constricting.
As an actor, you wouldn't be able to play a character if you were worried about the reaction to what you're doing.
I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie you're watching, they have these toned arms and muscles.
I sometimes wonder if the inability to find oneself makes one seek oneself in other people, in characters.
I like shows that are surprising and not predictable. That have deep, rich characters that are fully formed.
I sort of like writing about weird characters, I guess.
