Quotes About Character

Sometimes I'm crotchety, angry, curmudgeonly - you know, I do have that side. I don't always show it.

Anne Boleyn is certainly the most exciting character I have played on stage.

I still think of things for 'Jill' all the time. It's annoying, because I want to be able to find another character who I could write for indefinitely.

You can do more good by being good than any other way.

We can do more good by being good, than in any other way.

How could I have been anyone other than me?

I can't go against my nature because I am what I am. I don't try to be anyone different to who I am.

I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than anyone else. There are always reasons for me to do whatever I do.

Anytime anyone gets passionate over a character you're playing, I think you've done your job well.

We teach our kids to be fair and things like that and if you make a mistake you apologize for it.

I have made peace with the fact that Mahadev is going to be with me forever. The character had a universal appeal.

I just let the character speak to me and things appear.

I know I may appear spacey, but that's how I am.

I'd rather be appreciated for my character in a film than my looks.

Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do.

I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.

In terms of likeability, that's something that I don't think about as an actor when I approach a role.

I don't approach a role by saying I'll be unsavory or unlikable.

Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'

It's very important that I'm approaching a character that I've either not played before, or I can give it a different take.

I think a film should be appropriate to what it's trying to say or the characters in it.

Usually, I like to play sophisticated-looking characters. I want to do 'Godfather'-like characters. Given my voice and style, such characters will be apt for me.

I look for roles where there is some kind of an arc to the story.

With any project, but especially in television, I always try to look at where the character is starting from and where he's going to end up, and try to find the biggest arc that makes it the most exciting to play.