Quotes About Character

What I like in comedies are really two things: stories that are character-driven and stories that are rooted in authenticity.

I don't have anything saying, 'I'm going to do this many new films, and this many comedies.' But, it's always exciting for me, whenever it is a new character and something I haven't done before, and that's part of what draws me to it.

I think that in any role you have, whether TV or film, it's hard to do comedy and drama within one story.

I'm excited to play any character that is based in reality. And I'd be even more excited if I can add a comic element to my role.

I like my leaders smart and serious. I don't need a stand-up comic.

It's always been a dream for me to play a comic book character.

The more time you spend with any character, whether it's from a comic book universe or a really naturalistic universe, the more time you spend, the more that character just becomes another aspect of yourself.

I'm a huge Howard the Duck fan. For people who don't know, I'm a huge Marvel Comics fan, but Howard the Duck was maybe my favorite character as a kid. I went back, and I collected all of those comics. I had every comic he was ever in.

What eventually you find in comics is the only thing unique you can bring to a character who's been around for 80 years is yourself.

It wasn't until I booked the role of Cyborg that I was sent literally everything Cyborg-related from DC comics.

I get really negative comments all the time, but the comments that really bother me are the ones that question my character.

I've seen some of those comments and they hurt me a little bit, saying 'This guy's a cheater.' And I feel like if you know me, you know my character, and just my person, you know that's not what I would do, not what I would ever do.

So far, yes, I have been doing only commercial films because those are the kind of films that came my way. Those are the kind of films that I liked, but definitely I'm open to doing other kinds of cinema as well, and if something comes along - if I like a character - then I would definitely do something off-beat or edgy.

When you play a character, you commit yourself to their beliefs.

I enjoy working away from home as it gives me the space to really commit to the character.

I don't have to commit crimes, I don't have to do anything like that to try and make money.

I'm not really attracted to that long-term commitment to one character over many years.

My buddies all still make fun of me about the whole 'Leprechaun' thing, and I'm proud of that movie. I'm just as proud of that work as I am of anything else that I've done. I feel like where I was in my career at the time, I committed to the character.

You're always trying to find common ground with whatever you do, but you want to not be thinking about yourself when you're performing a play. The job is getting yourself out of the way and letting the character go about the scenes.

It's interesting when you're trying to create a character in animation. It's really a communal effort.

Better be alone than in bad company.

Doing comedy and romance is easy, if I compare it with playing the role of a real-life person.

Charlie Chaplin was known to be an acrimonious person. Not that I compare myself to him but I am quite brusque, too.

I try not to compare myself to the character. Mulan makes it happen - not through big drama, but through little decisions and bravery and self-awareness.