Character Quote by Amanda Redman

I think that there is no doubt that every experience you have in your life, whether it's playing a character or something else, you…

— Kevin Spacey

I think you have to experience life and then pull certain experiences into your act and your character's life, whoever you play, so you're…

— Jimmy O. Yang

Sometimes I like to think that characters you play are all the other people you could've been in a lifetime.

— Mia Maestro

After I play every character, I always walk away and feel a little different. I've experienced something that's not my life, but I've made…

— Brittany Snow

You can live vicariously through the characters you play.

— Charlize Theron

I tend to play more true-to-life characters in real situations.

— Mekhi Phifer

You play the honesty of the characters and show a side of them that people can relate to and want to get to know.

— Brian Tyree Henry

When your characters are really living they tell you what they do.

— Andrea Arnold

I always have to find things that I relate to and understand in the characters that I play; otherwise, it won't feel that authentic.

— KiKi Layne

I look back at my career when I was younger and can connect what I was going through at the time with the characters…

— Jodie Foster

You always want to put your character through different experiences and see how it shapes their worldview.

— Mary Wiseman

Each character I play pushes me into a deeper understanding of myself.

— Naomi Ackie