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title: "23 Inside Character Quotes by 23 authors"
description: "Browse 23 Inside Character quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best Inside Character sayings and thoughts."
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> [It's fashionable for modern actors to talk about getting 'inside' a character. But you can't get to the inside without getting the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlton-heston/it-s-fashionable-for-modern-actors-to-talk-about-getting-inside-a/)

[Charlton Heston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlton-heston/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/charlton-heston-5386_actor_it-s-fashionable-for-modern-actors-to-ta_552500.png)

> [Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-frum/journalism-can-go-right-up-to-the-door-of-the-room-in-which-the/)

[David Frum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-frum/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/david-frum-3455_books_journalism-can-go-right-up-to-the-door-o_794438.jpg)

> [It's important that your inside character is bigger than your outside persona. A sports car with a lawnmower engine won't work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-important-that-your-inside-character-is-bigger-than-your-outside/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/102/anonymous-1_advice_it-s-important-that-your-inside-characte_2037761.jpg)

> [When I prepare for a role, I try to get inside the character's head and understand him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aamir-khan/when-i-prepare-for-a-role-i-try-to-get-inside-the-character-s-head/)

[Aamir Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aamir-khan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/aamir-khan-12809_character_when-i-prepare-for-a-role-i-try-to-get-i_2870788.png)

> [I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/i-stay-true-because-whatever-the-project-is-i-m-still-looking-for/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/forest-whitaker-3022_character_i-stay-true-because-whatever-the-project_473543.jpg)

> [Actors who say they can dive inside a character are either schizophrenic or lying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-campbell/actors-who-say-they-can-dive-inside-a-character-are-either/)

[Bruce Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-campbell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/bruce-campbell-8899_actor_actors-who-say-they-can-dive-inside-a-ch_2487624.png)

> [I have an affinity for writing in the first person. I love the intimacy of being dropped inside the character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/i-have-an-affinity-for-writing-in-the-first-person-i-love-the/)

[Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/sue-monk-kidd-404_affinity_i-have-an-affinity-for-writing-in-the-fi_2075175.png)

> [While writing, writers are living inside a character or characters, and when the book ekes into the world, writers are living inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-groff/while-writing-writers-are-living-inside-a-character-or-characters-and/)

[Lauren Groff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-groff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/lauren-groff-2802_book_while-writing-writers-are-living-inside_2292719.png)

> [Getting inside your character's head and letting the reader see the world through not just their eyes but their sensibility creates an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-o-nan/getting-inside-your-character-s-head-and-letting-the-reader-see-the/)

[Stewart O'Nan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-o-nan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/stewart-o-nan-16780_books_getting-inside-your-character-s-head-and_2049314.jpg)

> [I think if you play characters, it's very important not to ever tag them with any sort of disorder, or diagnose them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cillian-murphy/i-think-if-you-play-characters-it-s-very-important-not-to-ever-tag/)

[Cillian Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cillian-murphy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c2/cillian-murphy-4370_behavior_i-think-if-you-play-characters-it-s-very_2719915.jpg)

> [When you're the guy inside of a character and you've lived with it for almost two years, you're always a bit defensive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-amboyer/when-you-re-the-guy-inside-of-a-character-and-you-ve-lived-with-it/)

[Dan Amboyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-amboyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/dan-amboyer-16948_always_when-you-re-the-guy-inside-of-a-characte_346893.jpg)

> [Improv is such a huge part of my background, and a huge part of character discovery is really being inside the character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-rothwell/improv-is-such-a-huge-part-of-my-background-and-a-huge-part-of/)

[Natasha Rothwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-rothwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/natasha-rothwell-13307_being_improv-is-such-a-huge-part-of-my-backgro_1582937.jpg)

> [That's, to me, the ultimate goal - to disappear inside another character and bring them so fully to life that I've convinced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-beatriz/that-s-to-me-the-ultimate-goal-to-disappear-inside-another-character/)

[Stephanie Beatriz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-beatriz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/547/stephanie-beatriz-13455_character_that-s-to-me-the-ultimate-goal-to-disapp_1743779.jpg)

> [The ability to get inside your character's head in a graphic novel is really fun and useful because one, you can really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/the-ability-to-get-inside-your-character-s-head-in-a-graphic-novel-is/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4d/eric-kripke-14863_ability_the-ability-to-get-inside-your-character_2145804.png)

> [I love factoids. It's hard for me to keep those out. It just takes realizing that it's stopping the character. Part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braver/i-love-factoids-it-s-hard-for-me-to-keep-those-out-it-just-takes/)

[Adam Braver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/adam-braver-47508_asks_i-love-factoids-it-s-hard-for-me-to-keep_1779286.jpg)

> [A character does seem to have a life of its own, but I have what I'd describe as a very fluid relationship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phoebe-gloeckner/a-character-does-seem-to-have-a-life-of-its-own-but-i-have-what-i-d/)

[Phoebe Gloeckner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phoebe-gloeckner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed0/phoebe-gloeckner-27831_character_a-character-does-seem-to-have-a-life-of_1390233.png)

> [As a reader, you’re often inside one or more character heads, so you know what they’re feeling, even if they can’t exactly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-schwalbe/as-a-reader-you-re-often-inside-one-or-more-character-heads-so-you/)

[Will Schwalbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-schwalbe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaf/will-schwalbe-3101_books_as-a-reader-you-re-often-inside-one-or-m_1409501.png)

> [Get inside her head. Get inside any character's head and ask what they want in this scene. And if you work from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-sue-deconnick/get-inside-her-head-get-inside-any-character-s-head-and-ask-what-they/)

[Kelly Sue DeConnick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-sue-deconnick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e01/kelly-sue-deconnick-23585_agency_get-inside-her-head-get-inside-any-chara_2884748.jpg)

> [I always change my words in everything I do. I make the language fit, because I know the character from the inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cromwell/i-always-change-my-words-in-everything-i-do-i-make-the-language-fit/)

[James Cromwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cromwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/james-cromwell-12146_actors_i-always-change-my-words-in-everything-i_3008987.jpg)

> [I was always amazed the way people would come in looking one way and transform completely to the point where I couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-was-always-amazed-the-way-people-would-come-in-looking-one-way-and/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/alicia-keys-1094_accents_i-was-always-amazed-the-way-people-would_1176094.jpg)

> [When I'm inside the character, I feel like I'm a different person, and then when you see that character on screen and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-anderson/when-i-m-inside-the-character-i-feel-like-i-m-a-different-person-and/)

[Gillian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-anderson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3d/gillian-anderson-4381_character_when-i-m-inside-the-character-i-feel-lik_2717498.jpg)

> [One of the great pleasures of acting is surrendering to someone else's point of view of the world - living inside a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-marling/one-of-the-great-pleasures-of-acting-is-surrendering-to-someone-else/)

[Brit Marling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-marling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44e/brit-marling-7629_acting_one-of-the-great-pleasures-of-acting-is_2196051.jpg)

> [By the end, you should be inside your character, actually operating from within somebody else, and knowing him pretty well, as that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-trevor/by-the-end-you-should-be-inside-your-character-actually-operating/)

[William Trevor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-trevor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/william-trevor-16400_character_by-the-end-you-should-be-inside-your-cha_1441491.png)

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