When I commit to a role, I always tell myself that role is king. That's the Bible. If I start to judge my character, than it's going to influence my ….
You know, I don't talk about the characters that I play. Years ago, I was a little timid about it and I kind of squirmed when I was asked, 'Could you….
Alexandros of Antioch took a block of marble and chiseled away from it everything that was not his masterpiece, the Venus de Milo. If you will chisel….
There is no more critical indicator of the future of a society than the character, competence, and integrity of its youth..
Playing a drunk doesn't mean being a drunk, only bad actors try to be drunk. A real drunk tries to be sober, he wants another drink. How a character ….
Creating a world that reflects the inner voyage of our characters was really important. Also, because this isn't a black and white show, and this isn….
Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its underlying character structure..
Listening is the key to total concentration. You listen as the character would listen, closing the door on everything else. Then you are ready to res….
This is a corny actor thing to say, but the first step is that you can't judge the character that you're playing. If it's built in three-dimensional ….
For me it's always about first impressions. I trust my instincts. I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to pre….
The desire to criticise becomes less and less as the character is developed. It is the mark of a fine character never to be critical and to mention bu….
Playing those one-dimensional characters is actually really difficult because you're not dealing with somebody you would ever really know. I don't th….
Who one was, where one came from, what one was expected to be, the height of courage and character that were to be achieved, were woven into the fabr….
The vogue of the New Negro . . . had all of the character of a public relations promotion. The Negro had to be "sold" to the public in terms they cou….
And from that hour his poor maimed spirit, only remembering the place where it had broken its wings, cancelled the dream through which it had since g….
We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people..
Theater is a dance of a different kind, a dance of rawness and characters stripped down..
I’m not sure I could trust a man who would bypass an Oreo in favor of vanilla wafers. It’s a fundamental character flaw, possibly a sign of true evil..
There are movies where actors aren't characters but movie stars, being cool beyond belief throughout the whole movie. That is what it is. And we reve….
At the end of the day, it's a show [Daredevil ] not about a superhero, but it's about a man. Hopefully, that's what we're doing with The Punisher, as….
We do not build speedways, but roads which correspond to the character of the German landscape..