Quotes About Character

Portraits are about revealing aspects of an individual.

Instead of playing heroes and righteous people, I'd rather portray characters with problems of conscience who have to lie, to betray, and then have to cope with that. They feel more true to me.

There are those who are value-oriented and those who are success-oriented. However shouldn't an actor deliver an image to his audience through roles he chooses to portray, based on his beliefs in life?

Firstly, I am not a comedian. I have a sense of doing comedy but I am a character artist. If the character in the film is a comedy than I can portray it. But, I am not a comedian.

One of the most exciting parts of the Nexus and 'Bad News' Barrett eras were I had a lot of influence in the character and I had a lot of influence in how I was going to portray myself.

If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try.

To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.

Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human being or because I'm an Irishman or both.

Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.

I don't pick my roles based on what clothes I have to wear. I pick roles because of the character I have to portray, and the public have enjoyed seeing me in those roles.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

I make a playlist for every character I portray. Music plays a huge part in helping me understand a character. Every time I get a new role, I will take a chunk of time to just sit and listen to a bunch of songs and select the ones that make sense in my mind for that character. I can't even explain how much it helps me.

You're in everyone's homes every week as this character, and they feel like they know you, and then they start to really define you as this character that you portray.

I feel like most actors just dig and dig and work and work in whatever way they do to try to do as much as they can to portray a character in the limited time they have to play it, whether it's six months or one month or one week of work, you know.

We all portray a lot of characters, and once we get into a shot, we have to come out of our skin and be a completely different person.

Irrespective of my looks and age, they'll like me if I portray my character well.

Whether you need to like a character, I don't think that's necessary in order to portray him.

I wish I were as tough and strong as the women that I'm lucky enough to portray.

In my movies, I portray this 'Everyman' persona, someone everybody can empathize with. People can identify with a guy like me.

Once you actually book the role, you see that people have faith in your ability to portray the character.

It's better to play negative lead roles than portray just any other character on the show.

I really needed a show like 'Jane' when I was growing up, so being able to portray a positive Latina character means a lot to me because I feel like it's helping me to contribute to someone's dreams.

It's hard to portray your personality in 140 characters. And so, at times, I tend to be very cynical. And I don't think that comes across very well on social media.

It would be impossible to find an actor to portray Om Puri, so I wouldn't even attempt it.