I just wanted to be a working character actor.

My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.

— Harrison Ford

Just working on a character and his mannerisms, but not looking the part, is not my thing. It is your duty as an actor…

— Gautam Rode

I don't really try to judge any character that I play, afterwards I figure it out, but while I'm working on the character, I…

— John Hawkes

I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.

— Giancarlo Esposito

Back in the day I wanted to be a James Bond girl and I got really close to it too, but I didn't. But…

— Tiffani Thiessen

When you come out of the other end of a long process, working with a character [you realize] this character has really shaped my…

— Andy Serkis

Wrestling, for me, was always something I wanted to do, and it, working in IT, was just a way to get financially looked after;…

— Sheamus

You spend so much time developing a character when you do a film; so much of your work is done before you get set…

— Justin Timberlake

I think it's very important for me to work on myself while I'm working on a character, and also it's important how I'm giving…

— Judith Light

All I wanted to do was be a working actor.

— Teddy Sears

The character of the English players is very good. It is a working character. If they are on the pitch they like to work.

— David Wagner

I wanted to keep working because work was essentially fantastic - you got to be around people, you got to be in a family,…

— Ben Mendelsohn

Well, I think it can be quite helpful to be working on a character who actually existed, historically. Of course, you might have material…

— Gaspard Ulliel

Generally, if I can't be true to the creator's intention and spirit, I will probably shy away from working on a character.

— Darwyn Cooke

Whatever I'm working on, the character I'm playing tends to slowly bleed into my own real life. Not in any kind of creepy, Method…

— Paul Rudd