Your character is who you really are.

I wanna create a character that's really memorable... like Julia Roberts did in 'Pretty Woman.'

— Kari Wuhrer

A man's reputation is the opinion people have of him; his character is what he really is.

— Jack Miner

Writing from a character is really fun - sometimes you can be more honest through somebody else's perspective.

— Willy Mason

If you put people in a corner, you see what their character really is.

— Graham Yost

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

— Amrita Rao

To touch on people's lives [ in a way they ] haven't been touched on before, it´s fascianting. You know, it's one thing if…

— Mary Ellen Mark

To me, the struggle is to try to make a less-well-written or less-well-rounded character and find who they are. If you really get it,…

— Kevin Bacon

I love to work this way - I love the time of preparation. If you feed yourself with all the information and you get…

— Marion Cotillard

I think it's every actor's dream to play a character that's really odd, and you know no one wants to play himself.

— Sam Claflin

These days with the web, you can burn out a character really quick.

— Bobby Moynihan

I like conflict, drama's conflict and if you don't have that in the character it's really not a worthwhile role to play for me.

— Matt Dillon

I'd rather play a character that was really, really different to me as to someone who is quite close to my character.

— Tom Felton

You can't really claim too much ownership of your character. They really do belong to the writers, and in many ways, you're just their…

— Johnny Galecki

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and…

— John Wooden

Many times - especially when I'm playing an historical character - I want to be really on target with how I create that character…

— Giancarlo Esposito