Character Quote by Ben Miller

Some things can be hidden on TV with the help of cameras but in theatre, you are seen live by the audience, so you…

— Rohini Hattangadi

Characters on stage, like people in what we refer to as "real life," do not speak to reveal themselves. They do not speak to…

— David Mamet

I don't think that there's much hiding that actors can do. If you're doing good work, you're showing a part of yourself to someone.

— Kristen Stewart

Sometimes, occasionally, people will make out in the audience, completely not aware that there's a human being onstage just yards away from them, who…

— Mike Birbiglia

There are movies where actors aren't characters but movie stars, being cool beyond belief throughout the whole movie. That is what it is. And…

— Christian Bale

You are working on bringing life to a character whether it's on screen or on stage; only the technicalities are different.

— Kunal Kapoor

But when you get to know a character so well, you start to have insights that you can't show because you're confined to your…

— John Lloyd Young

I find with television, you have to play personality, whereas onstage, everyone talks about 'the character,' and what you do. It's a very different…

— John Barrowman

Onstage, you just have to tell the absolute truth about the character you are playing. You hope you communicate it, and you hope it…

— Carol Channing

That's what acting is - it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives.

— Kerry Washington

As actors, you do have to be aware of your audience. You can't act in a vacuum, even if that audience isn't exactly present…

— Tom Irwin

One of the ways that you reveal character is by getting a character into a situation and seeing what they do.

— Ben Bass