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Normally when I'm sent a script I'll read it through to see how it hangs as a story and then I'll go back and read it through again and look at the character.

If you're playing the a historical character that's in the public consciousness, then obviously you've got to make an effort to look like that person and there's a huge amount of historical record there that you have to kind of comply to.

You can't take on the qualities of a character that you'd never be cast in - and no one would ever cast you in.

I always look for the character that gets into your guts and tells you, 'You have to play this.' You have to be brave enough to let everything else go and let the character guide you. When I read a script, I look for that kind of pull.

Do I think he's got character? Yeah. You don't play defense like that without deeply caring about teammates... John Wall plays real defense. He's got real character.

I really like the character of Jack Reacher - I thought he was interesting.

When I got the script for 'Winter Soldier,' I was so excited to see that my character finally gets to punch somebody! So I took tae kwon do three times a week. I wanted to feel like I could hold my own in a roomful of superheroes.

Wonder Woman is such an amazing character.

Just being from where I'm from, a little small town, I feel like I'm a good judge of character.

If you really get into a particular character, you also want to do your own stunts.

I really enjoy the constant change in TV. It's fun to play a character that is, hopefully, growing and developing over a long period of time.

I'm an excellent judge of character. I can tell people who want something from me or if they're actually buddies.

I have never had more fun in my life playing a character than I've had playing Michael Langdon. He's so delicious. He's so layered and complicated.

I've tried to shut myself off as much as possible from the hype of 'War Horse,' and just thought, 'OK, I'm going to focus on the character and focus on the story and focus on what I have to do.'

I don't know how to play a character unless I love him.

I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.

I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.

I'm not the expert on the great gameplay. I come in for the character design, monsters, atmosphere. I'm not the technician.

One of my favorite comics is 'Love and Rockets' by the Hernandez Brothers. They do such a wonderful job of showing you how the character of Maggie ages and really doesn't present that with any kind of judgment.

Wonder Woman feels like she's been put on a pedestal for so long, and it's hard to write that character because they're perfect and they can't do anything wrong.

A film is a great deal about what you see, and the silhouette of a character tells you a lot. I'd love to go into film costume.