Quotes About Character

You see who the real people are when they're challenged.

I don't have any special approach for playing dark characters. That's because I never looked at them as dark characters per se. For me, they were real people.

My parents were real people. They didn't put on airs or false faces. They were what they were.

I'm just a real person, not a caricature.

When you see who I am, you're getting a real character, a real person. R-Truth, that's me.

To create a character who really interests you, try combining aspects of your favourite fictional character with a real person.

When you're playing a real person, there's a balance between playing the person in the script and playing the person as he was in life. You have to be respectful and true to who that person was, but at the same time tell the story in the film.

We, people, are so very, very complicated that no matter how well drawn a fictional character is, they can't get anywhere near as complex as a real person.

Obviously, as an actor, when you re playing a real person, it is an extra challenge.

There is the real person I am, and there is the stage persona.

I wanted to create a heroine that was flawed. I wanted her to be a real person. She's selfish, she's childish, she's immature and because I'm doing a three-book arc I really played that up in the first book. I wanted the reader to be annoyed with her at times.

I like to play people that are real, a real person, and then something that's interesting with that person. I think it's a lot more challenging to do that than something that's extremely fantasy-like.

Physical attributes can make you appealing, but to keep the appeal going, one has to draw from within. You have to be a real person. Your fans and the people you associate with have to be able to see beyond your looks. You have to be a good friend, dutiful son and a good family man.

Every field piece I did on 'The Daily Show' was a story that lasted five to six minutes. We had a protagonist, we had an antagonist and often put them at odds. We knew the story we wanted to tell before we went in, and often it was about plugging whatever character you have - in this case, a real person - into said part.

You feel a huge sense of responsibility when you're playing a real person.

Your character is always right. No real person thinks they're being stupid or misguided or bigoted or evil or just plain wrong - so your characters can't, either.

And I think when you're playing someone who is a real person, it's extremely important to take the time and put in the effort to learn about who they are to be able to respectfully portray that.

You can be empathetic to a character in a book in a way that you can't with a real person, which is weird, because you know everything there is to know about them.

I'm a real person. You can ask anybody who knows me.

There is a sense of responsibility when you play a real-life character because there are people who will see your work, make comparisons, and judge you. They have all the rights to do that because they know the real person. They might have seen that person also.

As an actor, I love playing something kind of outside of who I am as a real person.

I was never an ingenue. I've always just been a character actor. When I was younger, it was a real problem, because I was never pretty enough. It was hard, not just for the lack of work, but because you have to face up to how people are looking at you.

Bob Dylan's not a hype and a haircut: he's the real thing.

Humility's a real thing - not just a fine name for laziness.