Sharlto Copley

My combined experiences, doing different films, has made me very concerned about and interested in how you protect your creative self when…

— Sharlto Copley

I walked out of... was it 'Stardust?' That thing with the witches? I was so looking forward to it, but I just…

— Sharlto Copley

Interestingly enough, the game I played the most ever was Street Fighter II, back in the day. That would probably still stick…

— Sharlto Copley

Villains are not fun for me to play, as such. But caricature-ish, intense behaviors that are based on real human traits are…

— Sharlto Copley

In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such. I've had Sharlito, Sheldon, Charldo, really…

— Sharlto Copley

I feel very blessed to have had the opportunities that have already come. I want to pursue it as long as I…

— Sharlto Copley

You aren't always going to make stuff that everybody does. The sooner that you just realize that and accept that, the better.…

— Sharlto Copley

Because I'm a filmmaker at heart, I know a villain can't be too humanized and the audience can't empathize with him too…

— Sharlto Copley

To some degree, Hollywood doesn't know what to do with me because the characters I do are so different. But hopefully, that…

— Sharlto Copley

You need that marketing power. You need to go do the interviews. You need to put yourself out there and risk and…

— Sharlto Copley

That's what a powerful story does. It creates a more intense experience of life for you to watch. That's what a good…

— Sharlto Copley

I've always felt very comfortable with accents. Once I get an accent, I can do it, and that's just something I've been…

— Sharlto Copley

I think every soft child in the world gets damaged. All of of us come into the world and get damaged. It's…

— Sharlto Copley

There are a lot of people that have marginal powers, like a guy who levitates a little bit off the ground, or…

— Sharlto Copley

I feel so comfortable in an acting role, you know, as an actor. Maybe it's because I came into it late. If…

— Sharlto Copley

I love comedy. I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way. I did a lot of acting, funnily enough, unprofessionally,…

— Sharlto Copley

I always find the more you can draw on real life characters, people, situations, it works better. Certainly for designing a character,…

— Sharlto Copley

Hopefully, you'll be able to find enough of an audience, each time, that you can keep working, rather than getting caught up…

— Sharlto Copley

To be honest, I'm probably more of a comedy person, actually. I really enjoy the comedy stuff, and I've got some things…

— Sharlto Copley

You're special, if you have some power in the world. People are looking at you and they think you're special.

— Sharlto Copley

At the end of the day, all you really have is your own sense of your artistic ability and I've always stuck…

— Sharlto Copley

I grew up being fascinated by accents and dialects. One of the things that interested me were actors that were doing different…

— Sharlto Copley

The acting world is a humbling experience, I find.

— Sharlto Copley

Different people call me different things. In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such.…

— Sharlto Copley

I'm not particularly fond of playing villains. I do want to be a working actor, and I've had to look at what…

— Sharlto Copley