Quotes About Portrayal

One of the most exciting parts of the Nexus and 'Bad News' Barrett eras were I had a lot of influence in the character and I had a lot of influence in how I was going to portray myself.

If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try.

As an actor, what you dream of is being able to portray people that people empathize with and understand and really feel for.

As an only child, I embrace loneliness. Hollywood loneliness helped to understand Marilyn Monroe in a real way. I was able to portray her very well.

Although this is a fictitious story the history is real. You don't want to re-write history but you certainly want to portray events and characters as realistically as you can.

I'm just trying to portray what I find ironic or humorous.

To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.

Almost every Marine I've met says I portray a Marine dead-on, which is really, really flattering.

Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human being or because I'm an Irishman or both.

I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.

I don't pick my roles based on what clothes I have to wear. I pick roles because of the character I have to portray, and the public have enjoyed seeing me in those roles.

You're in everyone's homes every week as this character, and they feel like they know you, and then they start to really define you as this character that you portray.

Even if I make fun of him, I try to portray him as a human being. Sometimes because he's the great Jean-Luc Godard, we see him as a concept.

I did a pilot for a show about community support officers, and all the community support officers were pleased that we didn't portray them as idiots.

Whether you need to like a character, I don't think that's necessary in order to portray him.

Hollywood and film portray who we are as a people and what we value as a culture.

I wish I were as tough and strong as the women that I'm lucky enough to portray.

I have always had huge respect for comedians/comediennes. It's because comedy is very hard to portray.

My opinion is that the movie business should show an accurate picture, but I think the responsibility lies in the educational system. Most of the educational material I've seen on the Native American does not portray an actual picture.

In my movies, I portray this 'Everyman' persona, someone everybody can empathize with. People can identify with a guy like me.

Once you actually book the role, you see that people have faith in your ability to portray the character.

It would be impossible to find an actor to portray Om Puri, so I wouldn't even attempt it.

Country music listeners really like genuineness, and I hope that's what we portray, and I think that's what we do.

The actor should understand the script and come prepared to play the role. At the same time, they should be flexible enough to take the director's input and portray his vision.