Playing Characters Quotes

28 quotes by 27 authors

• My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than life, getting to play a knight, an elf, a prince,… — Orlando Bloom
• I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me. If we don't… — Christian Bale
• I love playing characters that are strong, when there's physicality involved. — Mary Elizabeth Winstead
• I think I've spent so much time playing characters that are so far away from me and learning how to technically build and how to… — Josh Lucas
• I love playing characters that are bigger than life and maybe have a darker side that they present to the world. Those are good characters. — Randy Quaid
• On so many levels, acting in film and TV is so much the sum of its parts, and somewhere in there, there's an alchemical thing… — Eddie Redmayne
• I prefer playing characters that are going through turmoil. Most movie characters are just in service to the story. — Jesse Eisenberg
• I had been thinking for a while about how bored and tired I was of playing straight-down-the-middle everymanish characters that have what I call white… — Justin Long
• I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for… — Alessandro Nivola
• I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try… — Vanessa Lengies
• I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do things that are unexpected. I don't like people… — Pete Postlethwaite
• It's kind of fun when you're playing characters that aren't quite on the up and up and people still like you. — Kevin Nealon
• I love the challenge of playing characters forced on life-changing emotional journeys. To work on a project with Billy Crudup and Sam Rockwell is just… — Douglas Booth
• I like playing characters with as many emotions as possible. I'd love to play a really crazy person - someone truly out of her mind. — Elle Fanning
• Playing characters that speak a very violent language was my livelihood. — Greg Bryk
• I like playing characters who are out there on the edge, where they can explode at any moment or fall off the precipice. — Jessica Lange
• I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud. — Gary Oldman
• I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense. — Mandy Patinkin
• I'm attracted to playing characters that have flaws. — Sarah Shahi
• I love playing characters that have secrets. — Cynthia Watros

Who Wrote These Playing Characters Quotes

27 authors contributed a total of 28 Playing Characters Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Justin Long
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Alessandro Nivola
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Vanessa Lengies
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Pete Postlethwaite
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Kevin Nealon
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Douglas Booth
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Elle Fanning
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Greg Bryk
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Jessica Lange
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Gary Oldman
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Mandy Patinkin
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Sarah Shahi
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Cynthia Watros
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Maiara Walsh
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Matt Passmore
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Kelli O'Hara
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Michael Eklund
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Dorothy Atkinson
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Kevin Spacey
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Olivia Wilde
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Orlando Bloom
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Christian Bale
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Mary Elizabeth Winstead
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Josh Lucas
• 1 Playing Characters Quote by Randy Quaid