In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting. — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
I wind up playing these characters a lot: They have self-esteem issues, or they're going through a lot as a young adult. — Barrett Wilbert Weed Copy Share Image
I'm used to playing characters that are so different to me and I love that; it's my safety blanket and I hide… — Sacha Dhawan Copy Share Image
I've been trying to take this journey over the last four years of getting away from playing manipulative and villainous characters and… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
I love being an actor, and I don't want to be a spokesman for anything, I don't want to do anything crazy… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
I had been thinking for a while about how bored and tired I was of playing straight-down-the-middle everymanish characters that have what… — Justin Long Copy Share Image
I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do things that are unexpected. I… — Pete Postlethwaite Copy Share Image
I like playing characters who are fractured, broken. I find that more relatable, for some reason. I don't feel that I'm like… — Jamie Dornan Copy Share Image
I still get stage fright horribly. I still get nervous. I do tend to find when you're playing characters, often - just… — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
A radio play actually ended up being the first acting job I ever had. A lot of times when I'm on camera,… — Virginia Madsen Copy Share Image
I love playing characters that go to extreme places, and I love to explore different kinds of psychological landscapes, so it is… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
I had a friend who had done the cinematics for 'Splinter Cell: Conviction,' so he kind of indoctrinated me into the series.… — Eric Johnson Copy Share Image
To be at the point in which I am playing characters that make such a difference to people and that really tell… — Melanie Scrofano Copy Share Image
I should just stop trying to control what's coming out of my mouth. I'm always going to keep what's important to me… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism; I think the journey of understanding any character is… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Its fun to experiment with playing characters that you would never normally be offered. It takes a visionary like Andrew Niccol to… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
Acting almost always draws people with that mix, who see themselves as shy and anxious, but love to perform. Part of the… — Rebecca Front Copy Share Image
On so many levels, acting in film and TV is so much the sum of its parts, and somewhere in there, there's… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
I've sort of prided myself on playing characters with conscience. The first way I go about creating a character is looking at… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
I will always find a defense for characters, and that's why it's fun playing characters that are morally ambiguous, or are at… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I'll drive down the street, and I'll practice improv. I will sit there at a red light and see two guys talking… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
