You're in everyone's homes every week as this character, and they feel like they know you, and then they start to really define you as this character that you portray.
I questioned everything. I didn't see a character developed in Platoon at all. The character in Blue Velvet was much more fascinating to me.
I don't categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I don't judge; I just play them.
You can't judge a character that you're playing, because then you're fighting against doing what the character's doing.
Playing Marcia was a double-edged sword; it always will be whenever you play a character like that. You will be known as that character forever.
I think if you find that you're making a judgment on the character, than your audience will make a judgment on the character.
Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.
In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.
You have to sort of see the way that the character behaves, and what the character says and does, and claim it in the same way that you claim anything, really.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.
I don't think you could change my father; he is a very strong character. He believes totally in honesty.
I was in two episodes playing Christopher Reeve's character's emissary. They wanted to have my character announce Dr Swan's death, which I thought was exploitative.
Some songs depend heavily on the character, but, for the most part, a great song begs for reinterpretation every time it is sung, even when in character.
006 was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters.
I think anyone loves to play a character that is either evil to a certain extent or has a real definable character flaw. Those are always really fun, and, I think, funny.
I don't steer towards anything. I steer towards character and truth. If it's funny then so be it. If it's dramatic, so be it. I just steer towards characters.
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.
