Quotes About Character

I am not a tax fiddler. I am not any kind of tax fiddler, never have been in my life.

I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.

At first I thought the character Sun-young was a normal character, but later I realized that she is not after all. In some sense, she could be fierce.

When I wrote for TV, I was always thinking in terms of character and story. After fifteen years, it became hard-wired in me.

The director could start shooting the fifth scene first. So while giving take for the scene I need to know what I am expected to do in the first four scenes. Sometimes it gets quite confusing and on television you never know when the channel will change the story or dump the character!

I never fight for the money, but every person is different.

You always start a fight scene or an action scene with, 'What are we learning about this character at the moment, and how are we gonna arc him or her in the next three minutes,' and it's no different with 'Deadpool' or 'Atomic Blonde' or 'John Wick.'

Choreographing a fight scene is telling a little story. You learn a lot about the characters involved.

Over time, your face hardens up and you just look more like a fighter.

I'm not a dirty fighter. Everybody knows that.

I'm a very respectful fighter, I don't get out of character and start talking crazy, but if you don't want to fight a fighter, or you don't think it's a good style, or it's just not time, then say that.

There is more to Shannon Briggs than a fighter.

I like Fedor. I like him because Fedor never talk too much before the fight, has a lot of respect for fighters. I like Fedor.

Kirkland and Khan are chinny fighters. I am not like that.

I feel like we have a duty as fighters to try and be a better example.

When the chips are down, you see who the real fighters are. That is the beauty of Manchester United.

The fights for me are always about what you cannot see, the intangibles. It's about what's inside - what really is inside.

What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn't you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed.

I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.

An actor is known by his choices, not by his box-office figures.

Most actors do that. They fill in the blanks. You don't want to play a cipher.

You'll always end up filling out a character. It might be with aspects of yourself.

I have not done any film where my role didn't make sense.

You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - what's written and not written.