Quotes About Character

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.

Contrary to the popular caricature of him, the Duke of Edinburgh was neither judgmental nor unfeeling.

It was tough to not be judgmental of a person like Harshad Mehta. But that's where the training of an actor comes into play. My job is to create that character and present him to the audience. If even one per cent of judgment creeps in, then the whole performance will be affected.

Corruption requires looking into someone's soul and making judgments about their intent.

Judgments and secrets are what make a good novel.

I did one of the 'Amazing Stories.' That was the first time I got to play a character who was a dumb blonde. I actually channeled Judy Holliday.

Being a correspondent on 'The Daily Show' is some combination of doing a character and doing stand-up. It's a juggling act to find a balance between being you and playing a role.

As with anything, you need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep the character interesting.

If a character dies, you get to do a big, juicy death scene. But the flip side is you're out of the sequel, which is where the real money is.

As an actor, the flaws are the things that are juicy to play. If the character is perfect, it can be a little boring.

I watch a lot of U.S. comedy, shows such as 'Eastbound & Down' and 'Veep.' I love Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her character in that show.

I like doing what I do, but I like having the opportunity to do different things, and obviously comedy would be a fun jump. I've just been lucky enough to stay working. In my case, playing intense roles or playing character roles is something that people will hire me for, but yeah, I'd like somebody to think I'm funny. I guess we all do, right?

I have no 'dream role.' It just comes to me; it's very intuitive, and I say, 'OK, I have to do this now.' It's not logical; just, 'I have to jump into this very strange character,' or something like that. I can't even explain it.

I've never been the type that's been highly athletically talented or can jump that high. I'm a guy who's 6-2.

I adored my years playing Rodney McKay and I would jump at any chance to reprise the role!

I started working on trying to sound like June from the very beginning.

The era of 'The Jungle Book' was when the animators were at the top of their game and their sense of character was great.

My kids both had Catholic junior school education, which I'm really glad for - it taught them how to be compassionate, how to be kind.

Men should be able to see themselves in female characters and female strength, just as much as women are able to see themselves in male characters.

I don't want to just be a great fighter, but also a great man.

For me, personality acting is not that interesting. I don't want to just be myself.

Just be true all the way through, and people can't do anything but respect you for it.

I think as an actor... I don't like to compare a character to anybody else, just because I respect other people's work, and I want that character to have his own identity.

When you see Robert Englund in a movie, you think he is the bad guy, but if I'm not the bad guy, and I'm supposed to just kind of fool the audience, it makes it a lot easier for whichever actor is the bad guy. So I find myself doing a lot of those, I think they're called red herring characters, faking out the audience.