Character Quote by David Mamet

Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

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

The depth and strength of our character is defined by our moral code. People only reveal themselves when they're thrown out of the usual…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

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

— Ben Bass

Every character, no matter who you play, at times is pretending to be somebody else. People have a public face and a private face.

— Stanley Tucci

I have to phrase this perfectly: I'm just not convinced that the attention we give to creating what we think of as a character…

— Stephen Dillane

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

People only speak to get something. If I say, Let me tell you a few things about myself, already your defenses go up; you…

— David Mamet

What the actor is in private life, he is to a large extent on the stage, because he cannot conceal himself and his true…

— Leslie Howard

In TV and movies, you get known for a certain thing, and that's what's expected. Onstage, people are more open to whatever character you…

— John Lithgow

It is with some violation of the imagination that we conceive of an actor belonging to the relations of private life, so closely do…

— Charles Lamb

You can act truthfully or you can lie. You can reveal things about yourself or you can hide. Therefore, the audience recognizes something about…

— Alan Rickman