When you get into a film, it is one story and one set development of a character, and you are able to delve into one character for a short period of time and discover everything about them.
Cable series have more time to focus on characters, and a structure that allows for a development in character as you go along. Network shows have a pressure of time and space that is completely different.
I want to be true to the character and maintain some consistency and give the audience what they love while at the same time keeping things fresh and grow the character.
I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try to be that person.'
Moral character is assessed not by what a man knows but by what he loves
The kind of actors I admire move through different characters and genres.
I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.
I'd like to work more, but I don't just want to do kind of generic characters. I want to do interesting characters, and I'd like to be cast against type.
I just have that cop gene going on. I like strong women. I think a lot of women relate to strong characters, and a cop is still a strong character.
What I think is wonderful is that women are not just avengers or victims in films. They are people. They are characters. It's so refreshing. They're playing different kinds of characters, and they aren't being typecast.
Marriage is the interview that never ends.
In my view, Africa's real problems are cultural.
Real economic stimulus comes from real investment.
Football coaches don't have real problems.
Poverty with happiness is not a real poverty; richness with unhappiness is not a real richness!
Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.
It is important to remember that all business has an impact on the lives of real people.
I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving.
The real good teams and the real great teams find a way to win.
Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.