Any time you play a character for a long period of time, regardless of how close it is to you, it infiltrates your life. It's impossible for it not to.
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.
Mother Firefly is the kind of character I've always wanted to play. She's larger than life, terribly tragic, and capable of a lot of love.
An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story.
Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.
What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.
I can obviously relate to a character who is an artist, because the creative process is a big part of my life.
In the initial season of a show, you're figuring out your character and their life and their background and you're putting together all the chapters of the book.
I don't try to live the life of my character but I think it's inevitable that there is some carry-over into your life.
The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is worth living, but that suicide is not worth the trouble.
Grissom is a character who doesn't really want people poking around in his life. He likes to poke around in his work.
I love some films with very silent characters, people who don't speak, but I wouldn't be able to do that.
I fall in love with characters when they're out of their element or are uncomfortable and you really feel for them in a knee-jerk sympathetic way.
I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint set, and the colors are always exciting to choose.
I love to laugh and dance. That's kind of my nature, though I end up always playing these angry, depressing characters.
People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.
I think if you work as an actress and are supposed as a character to be in love with some actor, then to some extent you do have to be in love with him.
The more I love the character, the harder it is to get it wrong. I have to get to a point that I can speak for them.
I like playing characters with as many emotions as possible. I'd love to play a really crazy person - someone truly out of her mind.
Vulnerability is huge. I love to see that in characters. It's something I feel like a lot of my comedic heroes have always done.
