Going to Nashville to meet the in-laws was the first time when I'd been in America and not been seen as some sort of eccentric character with a cute accent.
I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.
If my characters travel somewhere, I generally write about a place I know to give the scenes more authenticity.
David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actor's instincts, since after all, it's the actors playing the character.
The way I navigate scenes is through what I perceive to be the emotional truth of the character: what he wants from moment to moment.
Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.
A character, their ability or inability to laugh at themselves should always be a very, very conscious choice. It's a very big key to the nature of a human being.
One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.
This was a mutual relationship, mutual on all levels, right from the way it started and all the way through. I don't accept that he had to completely desecrate my character.
I think you can do science fiction, but you have to ground it in some realism. People need to identify with the characters, with their plights and their issues.
Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens.
Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.
For me, I don't feel it is a success in the career to be the pretty woman; career success comes from being characters who tell us something about the truth.
I love seeing a story evolve over several books and watching characters develop.
I love becoming a character outside of who I am. Even when I was a little girl, I loved make believe, so I like it.
So much of movie acting is in the lighting. And in loving your characters. I try to know them, and with that intimacy comes love. And now, I love Voldemort.
I love to be a vessel through which characters can come through. And if I can move an audience with my work, then I've done my job.
I love disappearing. That's what acting is. For me it's about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It's my face, but I'm using it as a tool for that spirit, that character.
I have an affinity for writing in the first person. I love the intimacy of being dropped inside the character.
I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
I like doing character movies. I like doing movies about personal situations; that's what I love about dealing with things.
