Teaching is enormously satisfying because I'm constantly learning more. Just constantly being exposed to new voices and new life experiences and new ….
I think it would be self-indulgent to go, "Oh, I'm going to make this character different by giving him a quirk of some kind." I don't think that ser….
Russell Hoban created a tremendous marriage of characters and philosophy. The plots, the wind-up toy characters, the settings, they all work together….
Alfonso Cuarón, in the rehearsals, without J.K. Rowling's knowledge, told me that [my character] was, in fact, gay. So I'd been playing a part like a….
You couldn't hope to make a drama and have people rewriting on the day and having the actors making suggestions, "Wouldn't it be funny if my characte….
Grading creative writing is always an ethical dilemma. But what you brought up about grading personal stories versus the research paper is of course ….
Well you just have to own it, I suppose. Own the character, which is difficult..
As we mature and grow older we collect a lot of baggage, and a lot of that stuff you collect on life's journey gets in the way of acting. My kids can….
When something really extreme happens, you have to find a way to embrace that and include it in how you think about the character. Sometimes it's not….
What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character..
I had a very happy childhood, but I wasn't that happy a child. I liked being alone and creating characters and voices. I think that's when your creat….
for me the most fun of my career is to bring a little bit of irreverence to characters. And, you know, I don't think that the producers were expectin….
For an actor, playing one character and transitioning to a completely different one is a dream come true..
I love seeing my characters big up there and I would have liked to have reached a different public in movies from my television public. There's still….
As bad a dresser as I am, anything beats being judged by my character..
If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Inves….
Sometimes I've felt that the industry has typecast me as a certain kind of character. But then I think all it really takes is one role, the right rol….
I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.
In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story..
I personally adore origin stories - they're so intriguing, learning what shaped and formed a character..
Being behind the camera you have control; you have the ability to make decisions for characters, for where the story line's going to go, how you want….