Focus Quote by Arjun Mathur

I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able…

— Shemar Moore

It's much easier to conjure characters strictly from your imagination than to have to think about whether you're representing people in a truthful way.

— Lynn Nottage

My approach is literally what is being told in the scene. I try to be as real as possible, and I try to find…

— Zoe Perry

Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your…

— Edward James Olmos

I really just try to focus every day on delivering the most honest portrayal I can and let everything else take care of itself.

— Sherri Saum

I love making characters real and believable, through my own experience and choices.

— Minka Kelly

One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.

— Tamora Pierce

My approach is always the same. I try to be as honest as possible. Find the real honesty and humanity in the character because…

— Aldis Hodge

For me, I always have to establish a reality for the character. In very actor-y terms, you just have to understand his reality.

— Patrick Wilson

I treat all my characters as if they were real, and I am scrupulous about the details of their lives.

— Kathryn Lasky

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

The persona in my stories may be truer to my "real" self than any alleged objective, factual "I" that I could replicate for the…

— Norman Lock