Acting Quote by Allison Williams

The way I approach acting when there's a real life character, it's sort of like a Venn diagram. What I come up with is…

— John Lithgow

I don't have a huge acting background at all.

— Demetrius Shipp, Jr

I don't think that you necessarily need a certain type of background to take on roles. You see actors from very, very privileged backgrounds…

— Daniel Radcliffe

We are all actors, playing different characters based on our scenarios

— Alex Fountain

I'm always being asked to play roles or characters that I don't really resemble.

— John Lithgow

There are always parts of me that come out in the characters that I play - it's the only thing I have to work…

— Aubrey Plaza

All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.

— Rick Riordan

Playing normal-looking characters really intimidatesme. I got into acting to play anyone but me.

— Billy Bob Thornton

Look, every actor has a different way of preparing or creating a character and yeah, we all are from different backgrounds.

— Alex Pettyfer

It's quite hard to find a ballsy or complex character. So the roles I've taken are those. Lot's of people put me in the…

— Eva Green

Whenever I do a movie I always like to base my character off of a couple different characters.

— The Miz

When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing.

— Zoe Saldana