Character Quote by Daniel Day-Lewis

To play any character, you have to have a total understanding of why they do what they do.

— Jamie Dornan

I think it's so important when you're playing a character that you can't judge the person you're playing at all. It's a judgment-free zone.…

— Juno Temple

You can always decide a person's character by their attitude.

— Nuhi

I don't make decisions just on the character I'm supposed to play. Sometimes it's based on the director, sometimes it's based on the story,…

— Holly Hunter

I became acutely aware of how important it is to separate the difference between who you are and who the character you're playing is.

— Orlando Jones

When you play characters, you shouldn't just be putting on their characteristics - you should be finding it inside yourself.

— Chadwick Boseman

For me, the character I play is most important.

— Radha Ravi

Every character I do is based on someone I know.

— Tracey Ullman

You can't judge a character that you're playing, because then you're fighting against doing what the character's doing.

— Marshall Allman

You rely on a lot of things about learning to play a particular character.

— Peter Riegert

Sometimes I like to think that characters you play are all the other people you could've been in a lifetime.

— Mia Maestro

You can't judge a character, and you're never going to always play characters that are morally sound or know right from wrong.

— Sebastian Stan