That's one of the things that I've loved about 'Spider-Man' and Marvel in general. The characters all have dimension.
Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character.
I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.
I wanted to be as comfortable in that environment as she was. I moved around those areas in character.
Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.
I'd play the same character for ten years if the words and the moments that I'm playing are authentic.
In TV, you may think your character's one thing for two episodes, and then the third episode it could be something different.
With a lot of comedies, the characters go on a journey, and they come back, and they're the exact same people.
I think a lot of drama, nowadays, is character-based and development-based, but 'True Blood' is very plot-oriented.
I used to watch dailies and felt I had to keep on top of the character, but I don't feel that any more.
It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.
I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on.
If you can jump up onstage and make people laugh, shouldn't you also be able to inhabit a character?
The character of good men and women encourage others to want to be better people.
There are a lot of actresses out there who are the girl next door. I relate more to characters who have an edge.
As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with different issues.
When I walk down the street, even here in the U.S., they are always saying my catchphrases of my characters, and they shout at me with my catchphrases.
I do whatever I need to do to get into character. Sometimes it's being incredibly quiet, and sometimes it's being loose and goofy.
The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.
The most exciting part of writing a novel is when the characters take control of the story
Cancer Boy probably has the saddest, noblest, sweetest heart of any character I've ever done.
