Adapted Quote by Calista Flockhart

There are times when I consciously give the character something physical - a walk, the way he sits, how he talks, or his lack…

— Michael Keaton

For me, playing characters is always about an energy and feeling it in your body. That's when I know that the character arrived.

— Sian Clifford

When I'm writing from a character's viewpoint, in essence I become that character; I share their thoughts, I see the world through their eyes…

— George R. R. Martin

You can start imagining all kinds of things characters would feel, but you have to have a sense of whether those imaginings might be…

— Jennifer Egan

You know how sometimes you hear a chord played on an organ and you can feel it vibrating in your bones? Sometimes when I'm…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

If I'm feeling something, I have a lot of different ways to express it, you know? I can write an article about it. I…

— Josh Radnor

Once a character has gelled it's an unmistakable sensation, like an engine starting up within one's body. From then onwards one is driven by…

— Deborah Moggach

I feel comfortable in the air, me as a person. I feel very in control of my body. You can toss me from the…

— Mustafa Ali

I try to think what the character is thinking. Then, hopefully, I begin to feel it. I act and react not because I'm recalling…

— E. G. Marshall

I feel like, when I play characters, I create a space in myself that feels like the character and that doesn't go away. Somehow,…

— Greta Gerwig

Even the cerebral characters I play seem to have physical quirks. They're all "physically inhabited," for lack off a better expression. For instance, Sherlock…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

When I'm watching Tom Servo, I don't feel like I'm in my own body; I'm just reacting and saying what the character in front…

— Baron Vaughn