When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role.
Character built out of restrictions and boundaries can be deceiving.Be aware!
It is the character of lived experience I want to explore, not the nature of man.
In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played.
I have this wholesome disposition in a lot of my characters. A certain earnestness.
When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.
In a way, the characters often do take over.
I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.
I'm still really fascinated with characters and people and telling their stories.
The character of a man is known from his conversations.
I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously.
Public behavior is merely private character writ large.
I tend to play more true-to-life characters in real situations.
Novelists invent characters; poets invent themselves.
I like characters who remind me of someone I know.
You try not to become so emotionally attached to your character, but you do.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character.
I think calling someone a character is a compliment.
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.
I still do miss the freedom to play any kind of character I wanted to play.
