Quotes About Character

I had worked on Thanos, created him back even before I started working at Marvel.

What's great about MCU and certainly the Marvel of it, everyone is unique, it's got its own DNA.

When I did 'The Passion,' nobody believed in the movie. Everybody was telling me, 'You shouldn't do this movie... But I wanted to play Mary Magdalene. I thought that I could do something strong and deep with this character.

I have several different masks that I wear.

You have to master the ball, play with confidence and play with character and courage.

I am happy to be part of 'Sajjan Re Phir Jhooth Mat Bolo.' This character is something that I have not done before.

Of course, I want to look the best I can, but I am playing characters that should match my age, and the women and the material that I am interested in are usually going through something. I have to be able to live in my face and tell the story of the character I've taken on.

I'm really not good blackmail material.

It's not the hair on your head that matters. It's the kind of hair you have inside.

Everybody is great when things are great. It's the 'not great' stuff that matters.

What matters is being a particular kind of person. At the most basic level, it matters that you are the kind of person who resolves problems with force of thought and feeling instead of with the force of arms.

I like to think I'm a very mature person.

John Sidney McCain III was as complex as they come.

Vince was so great at the 'Mr. McMahon' character that some people think he wouldn't want to help people in real life, and that's just not true.

For me, a story has to have characters, and my role should be meaningful. At the end of the day, people should say that they like my performance.

I can do very dramatic films, and at the same time, I can do a very meaningless movie, too, if I feel my role is good.

If a great part comes up and the guy's meant to have an Eastern European accent, great; but if it's a bad part I won't take it.

You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, which can be anything.

I admire President Obama's class and measure.

People in the U.K. absolutely love my character in 'Downton,' and in equal measure, people absolutely hate him, and that's all I wanted.

I don't think roles help you resolve your issues. I just think they're good markers.

But if you can empathise with a character and if you can emotionally resonate with that character and understand their emotional journey, I think you are home.

Sometimes you can just step into the character, and you get all your feelings and emotions just from sympathizing with her and being her. But then, other times, you just have to resort back to anything that you've been through in your own life and try to play that.

When you have a book as material as it is, it's a lot easier to create a character because you have so many resources to draw upon when acting.