I get very involved in my characters. Sometimes I have a very hard time separating my characters from my life.
It's all about creating a back story for the character and developing emotional responses that are true to life in relation to the character. It isn't necessary to live a tragic life to create from that place.
Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through.
The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that I haven't planned.
I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.
Playing big, heroic characters with heart is always a lot of fun. I enjoy making movies like that, and a lot of people love to live vicariously through those characters.
I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day.
It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character.
The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being made, my performance.
I like to play very raw characters, characters who have a degree of vulnerability and passion about what they're doing.
The magnitude of the atomic weight determines the character of the element, just as the magnitude of the molecule determines the character of a compound body.
I think if you've held onto a character for several years and then you're getting rid of that character, it's going to be traumatic.
The Christian life means putting off the character of the world and putting on the character of Christ.
A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
I like good stories. Quality products and character are what's important. Even if the script isn't that strong, if I challenge myself with a great character, I'll go for it.
When you get into a film, it is one story and one set development of a character, and you are able to delve into one character for a short period of time and discover everything about them.
Cable series have more time to focus on characters, and a structure that allows for a development in character as you go along. Network shows have a pressure of time and space that is completely different.
I want to be true to the character and maintain some consistency and give the audience what they love while at the same time keeping things fresh and grow the character.
I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try to be that person.'
Moral character is assessed not by what a man knows but by what he loves
The kind of actors I admire move through different characters and genres.
