Acting Quote by Anna Paquin

None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. That wouldn't be acting.

— Anna Paquin

I never play characters that are like me because I'm a boring person. I wouldn't want to see me in a movie.

— Jennifer Lawrence

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Sometimes I am kind of the opposite of my character. But that's the thing about acting, you get to play people who are not…

— Dakota Fanning

I think I would want to be known for playing unlikeable characters that you like anyway.

— Rachel Sennott

Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me.

— Michael Gambon

I assume most of the characters I play are exactly like me.

— Jack Nicholson

I think in every character there are aspects of yourself that you bring to it. But then it would be really boring to just…

— Felicity Jones

I do not want to play a character who is exactly like me.

— Jodelle Ferland

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

— Christian Bale

If my reel life character resembles me in real life, I can portray it comfortably. To me it's not acting, it's just about being…

— Bhumika Chawla

As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.

— Andy Serkis