Quotes About Character

I can play things, I have a range, I can look trashy and gross.

I think that's what I really liked about Narc: My character has a real operatic range in a way that older movies used to have.

'Deadwood' was just a wonderful opportunity for me. Outside of my own things that I've written, I hadn't had the opportunity to play a character with that amount of depth and range.

If you're creating your character, you can have full ownership of the emotional range they go through. You can make bolder choices.

I think anyone loves to play a character that is either evil to a certain extent or has a real definable character flaw. Those are always really fun, and, I think, funny.

My dad's a funny guy.

That's what you don't see about coach Saban. He's a very funny guy.

I approach 'Fast & Furious 6' the same way I would approach a Sidney Lumet film. Getting into character's getting into character.

The further away you can get away from yourself as an actor, the more fun you have.

The more I can be the character, the further I can get away from myself, the better.

I always think that trying to push yourself as an actor in a direction that you've never been before, developing characters which are more difficult to get into the head of, or are more interesting and further away from yourself, is always a challenge.

I don't take pressure. I can't really work under pressure. I do one film at a time, and I try to live in that character and in the moment. I am not a futuristic person who thinks what is going to happen after five years. And I don't live in the past.

Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.

I did a film a few years ago where I gained a lot of weight for it. I was happy to do that because it was called for in the script.

I'm not a gambler and I never have been.

I've read all the 'Game of Thrones' books many times over, so I sometimes find it easier being on set, because it can be hard to get out of character.

What's so strong about 'Game of Thrones' is that it's a character and political drama, with a sort of fantasy backdrop.

If you're going to die on 'Game of Thrones,' you have to die well, haven't you?

I would love to play Indira Gandhi.

For 'Rangbaaz,' I had put on weight to play the gangster and for '83,' I had to lose all that weight.

In 'Vagabond,' I'm acting like a gangster; it's very tough. I have to use my body for action scenes, and there is nothing gentlemanly about this character at all.

If you put out garbage, you turn people into garbage.

Of course, I can't be like Gary Hooper or anyone else because I'm me.

You don't get to choose your voice! I was never like, 'Oh, I'll take the voice that causes dogs to gather outside.'