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title: "130 Character Play Quotes by 121 authors"
description: "Browse 130 Character Play quotes by 121 authors. Discover the best Character Play sayings and thoughts."
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> [There is a lot of myself in every character that I play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-lyn-o-keefe/there-is-a-lot-of-myself-in-every-character-that-i-play/)

[Jodi Lyn O'Keefe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-lyn-o-keefe/)

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> [So I just play the character, I play the lines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/so-i-just-play-the-character-i-play-the-lines/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

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> [Every character I play is me, always has been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/every-character-i-play-is-me-always-has-been/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [I always fall in love with every character I play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-matheson/i-always-fall-in-love-with-every-character-i-play/)

[Tim Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-matheson/)

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> [I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-tyler-moore/i-m-not-an-actress-who-can-create-a-character-i-play-me/)

[Mary Tyler Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-tyler-moore/)

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> [I try to put myself into whatever character I play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gugu-mbatha-raw/i-try-to-put-myself-into-whatever-character-i-play/)

[Gugu Mbatha-Raw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gugu-mbatha-raw/)

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> [You've got to empathize with every character you play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-lynch/you-ve-got-to-empathize-with-every-character-you-play/)

[Ross Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-lynch/)

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> [My character and my play speaks for itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geno-smith/my-character-and-my-play-speaks-for-itself/)

[Geno Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geno-smith/)

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> [I think the simpler it is when you have a crazy character to play is almost more creepy and interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emilie-de-ravin/i-think-the-simpler-it-is-when-you-have-a-crazy-character-to-play-is/)

[Emilie de Ravin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emilie-de-ravin/)

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> [In any character I ever play, whether she's good or bad or whatever, my most important thing is heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-prepon/in-any-character-i-ever-play-whether-she-s-good-or-bad-or-whatever-my/)

[Laura Prepon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-prepon/)

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> [I think you're bound to get a sense of any character that you play. It's not something you often do in comedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rowan-atkinson/i-think-you-re-bound-to-get-a-sense-of-any-character-that-you-play-it/)

[Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rowan-atkinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/rowan-atkinson-3883_bounds_i-think-you-re-bound-to-get-a-sense-of-a_2845802.png)

> [Each character I play pushes me into a deeper understanding of myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-ackie/each-character-i-play-pushes-me-into-a-deeper-understanding-of-myself/)

[Naomi Ackie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-ackie/)

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> [I think any character you play, you find your ways to love them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hechinger/i-think-any-character-you-play-you-find-your-ways-to-love-them/)

[Fred Hechinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hechinger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/fred-hechinger-5659_character_i-think-any-character-you-play-you-find_277733.jpg)

> [I try to bring all my sincerity to the character I play. That way, I am dedicated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajkummar-rao/i-try-to-bring-all-my-sincerity-to-the-character-i-play-that-way-i-am/)

[Rajkummar Rao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajkummar-rao/)

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> [What is important is the character that I play. Making an impact is far more important than the length of the role.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neha-dhupia/what-is-important-is-the-character-that-i-play-making-an-impact-is/)

[Neha Dhupia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neha-dhupia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/neha-dhupia-6048_character_what-is-important-is-the-character-that_955190.jpg)

> [I do get antsy if I haven't got lines to learn, a character to play. But yes, I do take holidays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-strong/i-do-get-antsy-if-i-haven-t-got-lines-to-learn-a-character-to-play/)

[Mark Strong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-strong/)

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> [I am writing about people who are alive in the city of New York during mid-20th-century America. And these people are like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/i-am-writing-about-people-who-are-alive-in-the-city-of-new-york/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

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> [I want to keep an element of myself in every character I play. And maybe that's connected to finding something that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-dornan/i-want-to-keep-an-element-of-myself-in-every-character-i-play-and/)

[Jamie Dornan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-dornan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6f/jamie-dornan-5782_character_i-want-to-keep-an-element-of-myself-in-e_156785.jpg)

> [Thoughts and feelings are suspended in a vacuum unless they instigate and feed the selected actions, and it is the characters actions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uta-hagen/thoughts-and-feelings-are-suspended-in-a-vacuum-unless-they-instigate/)

[Uta Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uta-hagen/)

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> [I just don't play a character for the heck of it. Rather, I always look for a human element in every character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pankaj-tripathi/i-just-don-t-play-a-character-for-the-heck-of-it-rather-i-always-look/)

[Pankaj Tripathi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pankaj-tripathi/)

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> [The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-most-perceptive-character-in-a-play-is-the-fool-because-the-man/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/208/anonymous-1_character_the-most-perceptive-character-in-a-play_1136993.jpg)

> [Of course, every actor has their box and you have to respect and play for it, but I do love challenging myself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-barnard/of-course-every-actor-has-their-box-and-you-have-to-respect-and-play/)

[Aneurin Barnard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aneurin-barnard/)

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> [In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-montgomery/in-every-character-you-play-as-much-as-you-hate-to-admit-it-as-an/)

[Janet Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-montgomery/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/099/janet-montgomery-30425_actor_in-every-character-you-play-as-much-as-y_172482.jpg)

> [Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/some-mystery-should-be-left-in-the-revelation-of-character-in-a-play/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [Having been a theater person first, you have the whole character, and you see the arc of the character in a play.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-leland/having-been-a-theater-person-first-you-have-the-whole-character-and/)

[Brad Leland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-leland/)

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> [You get to know a character that you play on-stage in a pretty profound way over a length of time. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-letts/you-get-to-know-a-character-that-you-play-on-stage-in-a-pretty/)

[Tracy Letts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-letts/)

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> [I've played a different type of character in a different type of thing, for the most part. It's not like you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lizzy-caplan/i-ve-played-a-different-type-of-character-in-a-different-type-of/)

[Lizzy Caplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lizzy-caplan/)

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> [To play someone when the character masks their own emotions, doesn't understand their own emotions, has no release for their own emotions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/to-play-someone-when-the-character-masks-their-own-emotions-doesn-t/)

[Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/melissa-leo-9231_character_to-play-someone-when-the-character-masks_1952782.jpg)

> [I'm open to doing any kind of role and any kind of genre as long as it's interesting and as long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-dicaprio/i-m-open-to-doing-any-kind-of-role-and-any-kind-of-genre-as-long-as/)

[Leonardo DiCaprio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-dicaprio/)

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> [There may be lots of questions that anybody - an actor or a director or anybody - can ask about a character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/there-may-be-lots-of-questions-that-anybody-an-actor-or-a-director-or/)

[Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/)

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> [Whatever character you play, whatever film it is, whatever story it is, for me, in my training it's always something that gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-ormond/whatever-character-you-play-whatever-film-it-is-whatever-story-it-is/)

[Julia Ormond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-ormond/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/julia-ormond-28393_character_whatever-character-you-play-whatever-fil_2758964.jpg)

> [You end up loving every character that you play but a lot of the people I've played, I should just say for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annette-bening/you-end-up-loving-every-character-that-you-play-but-a-lot-of-the/)

[Annette Bening](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annette-bening/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/annette-bening-3058_amazed_you-end-up-loving-every-character-that-y_2004450.jpg)

> [Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something. They are not just talking. They are alive; going through a drama…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hardy/whatever-character-you-play-remember-they-are-always-doing-something-2/)

[Tom Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hardy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/tom-hardy-8960_actor_whatever-character-you-play-remember-the_2726046.jpg)

> [I take great responsibility in any character that I play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-chastain/i-take-great-responsibility-in-any-character-that-i-play/)

[Jessica Chastain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-chastain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/jessica-chastain-2332_character_i-take-great-responsibility-in-any-chara_2644869.png)

> [I try and find a way to love every character I play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mckean/i-try-and-find-a-way-to-love-every-character-i-play/)

[Michael McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mckean/)

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> [Every character I play is me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/every-character-i-play-is-me/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/sterling-k-brown-3532_character_every-character-i-play-is-me-2670836_2670836.jpg)

> [If you judge the character, you cant play it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-rickman/if-you-judge-the-character-you-cant-play-it/)

[Alan Rickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-rickman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea0/alan-rickman-4156_cant_if-you-judge-the-character-you-cant-play_2683297.jpg)

> [To find a man's true character, play golf with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-g-wodehouse-2/to-find-a-man-s-true-character-play-golf-with-him/)

[P. G. Wodehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-g-wodehouse-2/)

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> [For me, the character I play is most important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/radha-ravi/for-me-the-character-i-play-is-most-important/)

[Radha Ravi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/radha-ravi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/radha-ravi-19085_character_for-me-the-character-i-play-is-most-impo_3156509.jpg)

> [Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-sheen/hopefully-any-character-i-play-has-an-anchor-in-reality/)

[Michael Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-sheen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/michael-sheen-4062_anchor_hopefully-any-character-i-play-has-an-an_2788572.jpg)

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                        "text": "You end up loving every character that you play but a lot of the people I've played, I should just say for myself, I played, I wouldn't necessarily want to continue playing them. I've done them. It's like going on a trip. You go, you're amazed, you're glad you're there but you're glad to get home. And that's how I feel most of the time.",
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