Quotes About Character

When people come up to me and say, 'Oh my God - you're that character,' I feel like replying, 'No, I'm just like you; it's just a job.'

When you're acting in a scene, you're focused on doing the scene. You can't break character and go, 'Oh my God, I love what you're doing!'

I think, whenever you're doing anything, you don't want anyone anywhere to watch it and think that what your character is doing is ridiculous. You don't want anyone to watch it and go, 'Oh my God, that's just fortuitous.'

There was a time when people were like, 'Oh my God, Sheamus' character is boring.' Well, when you're just in wrestling matches all the time, and you're not doing character stuff, then it can be a bit monotonous.

My character in 'OK OK' has a lot of attitude, and it is an interesting one.

My character is such an entertaining character that it is a whole other element to the show, so once they put me and Carmella together it was like, okay, now I have something to do.

I like playing characters that are true to life, and there's no guarantee that any of us are going to be okay, but we intend to be, and we take the time to try to be. I don't think it's any different for a character.

It's not okay to lie about people and particularly not okay to hurl the worst imaginable names at people just because you think you might not like their politics.

I like the Nova Corps; I just don't like Nova that much! He's okay, you know? I just don't like that helmet!

My aunt Caroline was really a character. She lived and worked in my grandfather's old house and even wore some of his clothes.

Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.

I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of the character. It's like playing King Lear. You can start off as a nice old man who finishes up crazy.

One advantage of doing Lear at 70 is that you don't have to play an old man.

Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won't think you're going gaga.

I love the old school wrestling.

It's not like my old self - I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.

I believe you should be a gentleman, and that's old-fashioned.

I'm an old-fashioned guy.

Pujara is not fashionable, he's very much old-fashioned - he's not great between the wickets and he's not a modern, extravagant, in-your-face character like Kohli, Dhawan or Pandya.

I still believe in a lot of good old-fashioned values, and I do think anyone will ever change me in that respect.

I'd like to think I'm a good guy as I've gotten older.

Even the older generation are able to understand things when they see it on TV and identify with it. A lot of people are able to empathise with the characters. They can also distinguish between good and bad.

To play an older woman, 'til the look is not affected, it is never a problem for me. To play a matured character, it's different. You get to learn so much. It becomes more serious.

Oliver Queen/Green Arrow is a character whose core is about legacy and responsibility. And that all comes from his father and the responsibilities of living up to his legacy.