There is nothing nicer than playing someone who is cooler, tougher, more virtuous and sexier than yourself and thinking, 'I can be… — Jason Isaacs Copy Share Image
On the basis of being a woman, by playing an alien, I avoid playing someone's girlfriend here on Earth because that's a… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
The danger with playing someone tough is that the character can become two-dimensional and mean and nobody likes her. — Rebecca Mader Copy Share Image
If there's a role you're playing and there's a great deal of material to explore because the person was real then it's… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
There's something very intoxicating about playing someone so volatile and someone who can lose his temper at any second. — Tom Felton Copy Share Image
When you take on the idea of playing someone like Jimmy Bulger, it's a radically different process because you're going into make-up.… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
You always have to make positive choices as an actor, even when you're playing someone who may not be doing the best… — Aaron Tveit Copy Share Image
I was able to be distant by portraying another person, another character, if you will, and I found myself not stuttering and… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
I've never worn incredible clothes - I'm not used to playing someone so put together and fashionable. — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
When I am playing a role far away from me with an accent that is not mine I always employ a dialect… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
In The Godfather, for instance, they say they won't deal drugs because they have a code of behaviour. He is the last… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
Mandy is not calm. So that's acting. I'm acting. And, and I love playing someone calm. — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
Work was never about wanting fame or money. I never thought about that. I loved getting the job, going to rehearsal, playing… — Sarah Jessica Parker Copy Share Image
I really wish that peoplewould just say, 'Yes, it's a comic. Yes, this is fantasy. Yes, this is Science Fiction,' and defend… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
When I'm creating a character, I don't see it so much as playing someone else as just playing a specific part of… — Oscar Isaac Copy Share Image
How do I do that preparation [for film]? Just an immersion. I have a musician's, I guess, ear for the sound of… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
When I first thought about becoming Jane Austen I had to forget about the fear, or at least choose something else to… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
I think the best roles are in dark movies. It's roles that aren't you. It's fun playing someone that's not me. If… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
It's almost jarring when you go to play a different character, after playing someone for so long. I love it! — Bridget Regan Copy Share Image
Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still… — Tammy Blanchard Copy Share Image
I think that when you're playing someone who does really questionable or even really terrible things in a movie, it's important to… — Dane DeHaan Copy Share Image
Human beings have a bunch of different dimensions, so even if you're playing someone who you think maybe the audience might not… — Dominic Monaghan Copy Share Image
There is something to the fact that when you're on stage or when you're playing someone else, you're able to transmute all… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
If you're playing someone who's got marital problems, you have to play someone who's trying not to have marital problems. So, you've… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
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