I was doing stuff that for me was sort of more about…

There is always pressure playing a real living person and even pressure developing a character from scratch.

— Marisa Ramirez

Part of life is doing stuff that you don't want to do.

— One Who Does Not Wish To Be Named

At some point, you have to disconnect, if the obsession with playing a real person gets in the way of the movie at large.…

— Joel Edgerton

Everybody talks about being a role model. But if you look up the word 'role' in a dictionary, it describes playing a part. Everything…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I think the hardest thing about the part is the responsibility that you feel playing something that is so real and resonant in our…

— Linda Cardellini

Playing at Real Madrid is something special in itself, but winning trophies with Real Madrid is even more thrilling.

— Luka Modric

We're playing real football here, and doing what it takes to win games.

— Teddy Bridgewater

I pretty much have made a career out of playing real life people.

— Hilary Swank

There's a way of doing comedy that feels true to the person doing it, that doesn't feel like clown-work or silly faces and antics,…

— Andy Daly

I've spent my career going up and down in weight, and I've always gone, 'I don't care what they think' because real women aren't…

— Amanda Redman

All the difference in the world between the movies and the thrill I get out of a play at the theater. Ay, yes! Like…

— Edna Ferber

Anything in which you're playing someone real does make you feel responsible for making the story as true as it can be.

— Georgina Campbell

It's nice to be able to challenge myself by playing real people. But at the same time it utilizes a different part of the…

— Michael Stuhlbarg

When you're playing someone that's real, there is that hanging weight of how will they feel when they see this: will I make them…

— Lucy Boynton

If you want to do your version, go off and write it. You bring your knowledge to it, and you can use that to…

— Jared Harris