Quotes About Character

It's just really so important for an actor to be in the right costume for their character.

I love having a costume for The Vixen as getting into the look allows me to be a bit more snarky and snippy.

I had to dance in a Tweety Bird costume once.

I was in fittings for the first costume even before I knew I was even going to be 'Deathlok.'

I like a character, not a costume - the idea of putting on clothes and you become someone else.

Costume really helps you feel in character.

Not many know, but the costumes of your character can really help you to get into the skin of the character.

Big things always interest me, but the big things don't work because they're too big. You have to find characters in which to couch all those things.

A friend of mine kind of revealed to me that idea that there has been countless Supermen and Batman. But I'm the first person to play Black Lightning. It's exciting to originate a character.

What we do for a living does not matter so much as how we do it. It is the spirit in which we do our work that counts, and that counts through all eternity.

Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.

But to understand what it means to be strong and courageous, Christians should look to the person of Christ.

As a captain, I have to be courageous but I also want to be nice off the pitch.

As an actor, you think you know your craft, you know the conflicts in your character, but often you don't.

I have always felt responsible for every character I played, devoting myself to learning everything about the craft.

Christina Ricci

I'm just attracted to playing people who are ostensible unlikable. That's not to say that there's something in there that makes you care. It might be that you just find them so awful that you just can't stop watching, like a car crash.

As for dream roles, they usually just speak to you. I just crave complex characters.

I don't think I've played a lot of crazy people.

You have to get it in your brain that you don't belong to yourself as an actor, but that you belong to the director who creates the character.

Cleopatra was exhausting to play, but also completely exhilarating. She creates her own energy.

Honestly, I don't think screen space matters much; it's the impact your character creates that is important.

But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him.

Creating a character on or off the stage is an escape.