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title: "100 Characters Play Quotes by 94 authors"
description: "Browse 100 Characters Play quotes by 94 authors. Discover the best Characters Play sayings and thoughts."
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> [As an actor, you enjoy the characters that you play in a movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sana-khan/as-an-actor-you-enjoy-the-characters-that-you-play-in-a-movie/)

[Sana Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sana-khan/)

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> [I never really like the characters I play. I only come to love them afterwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-depardieu/i-never-really-like-the-characters-i-play-i-only-come-to-love-them/)

[Gerard Depardieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-depardieu/)

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> [The best characters to play are the ones who have deep internal conflict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-blagden/the-best-characters-to-play-are-the-ones-who-have-deep-internal/)

[George Blagden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-blagden/)

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> [I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-bridges/i-like-to-try-to-make-the-characters-i-play-be-as-human-as-possible/)

[Beau Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beau-bridges/)

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> [I'm affected by the characters I play, and sometimes they're hard to live with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-cotillard/i-m-affected-by-the-characters-i-play-and-sometimes-they-re-hard-to/)

[Marion Cotillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-cotillard/)

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> [You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/you-have-to-love-the-characters-you-play-even-if-no-one-else-does/)

[Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/)

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> [I am always physically and emotionally invested in the characters I play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shweta-tripathi/i-am-always-physically-and-emotionally-invested-in-the-characters-i/)

[Shweta Tripathi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shweta-tripathi/)

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> [It's not like I go around trying to imprint all the characters I play with Q.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-de-lancie/it-s-not-like-i-go-around-trying-to-imprint-all-the-characters-i-play/)

[John de Lancie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-de-lancie/)

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> [You always hope that people will fall in love with the characters you play, the way you do yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-harris/you-always-hope-that-people-will-fall-in-love-with-the-characters-you/)

[Jared Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-harris/)

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> [I always tend to like the characters that I play. I'm convinced that I am this person and I'm OK with whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-wahlberg/i-always-tend-to-like-the-characters-that-i-play-i-m-convinced-that-i/)

[Mark Wahlberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-wahlberg/)

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> [It's funny, people talk about the characters they play and who do you sort of see yourself as or which ones maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-mann/it-s-funny-people-talk-about-the-characters-they-play-and-who-do-you/)

[Gabriel Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-mann/)

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> [I never really thought about what characters I play. I always just wanted different characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-leonidas/i-never-really-thought-about-what-characters-i-play-i-always-just/)

[Stephanie Leonidas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-leonidas/)

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> [I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andie-macdowell/i-still-love-finding-the-soul-of-the-characters-i-play-and-defining/)

[Andie MacDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andie-macdowell/)

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> [Those are more universal things than some of the characters I play, who are slightly sociopathic. I keep reminding people I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/those-are-more-universal-things-than-some-of-the-characters-i-play/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [What has emerged as I've gotten older is simplifying the characters I play, unless the role calls for something that is arcane…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-lang/what-has-emerged-as-i-ve-gotten-older-is-simplifying-the-characters-i/)

[Stephen Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-lang/)

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> [Four directors through their own interpretation created four different characters. And I had to play them in a fairly short period of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iu/four-directors-through-their-own-interpretation-created-four/)

[IU](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/iu-36008_characters_four-directors-through-their-own-interpr_100714.jpg)

> [I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyra-sedgwick/i-have-too-much-respect-for-the-characters-i-play-to-make-them/)

[Kyra Sedgwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyra-sedgwick/)

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> [Every actor, I don't care what they say, their roles are a lot more interesting than we are, and at the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moon-bloodgood/every-actor-i-don-t-care-what-they-say-their-roles-are-a-lot-more/)

[Moon Bloodgood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moon-bloodgood/)

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> [Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-jones/most-performers-take-themselves-too-seriously-they-forget-there-is-a/)

[Grace Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-jones/)

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> [I have a lot of real life experience that I can draw on. And I think that shows in the characters that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-wahlberg/i-have-a-lot-of-real-life-experience-that-i-can-draw-on-and-i-think/)

[Mark Wahlberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-wahlberg/)

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> [It's a challenge for me to make people like me. Maybe it's just my desperate need for people to like me, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-janney/it-s-a-challenge-for-me-to-make-people-like-me-maybe-it-s-just-my/)

[Allison Janney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-janney/)

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> [Caliban is one of the most difficult characters to play because there's not a lot of history there. It's sort of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-cephas-jones/caliban-is-one-of-the-most-difficult-characters-to-play-because-there/)

[Ron Cephas Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-cephas-jones/)

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> [My favorite thing about acting is that I can play all kinds of different people. Frankly, I don't consider myself a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-kress/my-favorite-thing-about-acting-is-that-i-can-play-all-kinds-of/)

[Nathan Kress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-kress/)

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> [I was worried for a while that it was some sort of reflection of me that all I seemed to be getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torrey-devitto/i-was-worried-for-a-while-that-it-was-some-sort-of-reflection-of-me/)

[Torrey DeVitto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torrey-devitto/)

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> [I can't judge the characters I play, because it's for the audience to do. What I can try to do is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-spacey/i-can-t-judge-the-characters-i-play-because-it-s-for-the-audience-to/)

[Kevin Spacey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-spacey/)

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> [I find that I relate to most of the characters that I play on a really personal level, just because we're the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-newton/i-find-that-i-relate-to-most-of-the-characters-that-i-play-on-a/)

[Kathryn Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-newton/)

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> [I think everybody should act! I would encourage everybody to do one thing, join a theater class or something. It's so good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-gosling/i-think-everybody-should-act-i-would-encourage-everybody-to-do-one/)

[Ryan Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-gosling/)

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> [I'm drawn to real-life characters. A lot of the characters I play, I've had in me since second grade. I've been dragging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-sedaris/i-m-drawn-to-real-life-characters-a-lot-of-the-characters-i-play-i-ve/)

[Amy Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-sedaris/)

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> [I can always see something of myself in the characters I play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-wahlberg/i-can-always-see-something-of-myself-in-the-characters-i-play/)

[Mark Wahlberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-wahlberg/)

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> [Everyone thinks I am exactly like the characters I play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jitendra-kumar/everyone-thinks-i-am-exactly-like-the-characters-i-play/)

[Jitendra Kumar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jitendra-kumar/)

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> [I think all characters that we play are facets of ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gugu-mbatha-raw/i-think-all-characters-that-we-play-are-facets-of-ourselves/)

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

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> [The more you understand me, the less characters I can play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/skeet-ulrich/the-more-you-understand-me-the-less-characters-i-can-play/)

[Skeet Ulrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/skeet-ulrich/)

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> [You have to like the characters you play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-mcginley/you-have-to-like-the-characters-you-play/)

[Ted McGinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-mcginley/)

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> [There is a bit of myself in all the characters I play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanjeeda-sheikh/there-is-a-bit-of-myself-in-all-the-characters-i-play/)

[Sanjeeda Sheikh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanjeeda-sheikh/)

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> [I am definitely a lot more girly that the characters that I play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katee-sackhoff/i-am-definitely-a-lot-more-girly-that-the-characters-that-i-play/)

[Katee Sackhoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katee-sackhoff/)

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> [I really believe in the characters I play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/minnie-driver/i-really-believe-in-the-characters-i-play/)

[Minnie Driver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/minnie-driver/)

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> [I care about all the characters I play, and I get quite defensive about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-chaplin/i-care-about-all-the-characters-i-play-and-i-get-quite-defensive/)

[Ben Chaplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-chaplin/)

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> [Usually most characters I play are quite realistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginie-ledoyen/usually-most-characters-i-play-are-quite-realistic/)

[Virginie Ledoyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginie-ledoyen/)

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> [I'm sure there's pieces of me in all the characters I play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-krasinski/i-m-sure-there-s-pieces-of-me-in-all-the-characters-i-play/)

[John Krasinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-krasinski/)

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> [I am not taking home any of the characters I play on screen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roop-durgapal/i-am-not-taking-home-any-of-the-characters-i-play-on-screen/)

[Roop Durgapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roop-durgapal/)

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