Able Quote by Graeme Murphy

Because I'm highly empathetic, it's easy for me to put myself in the character's shoes. It's, you know, finding the truth of the moment.

— Rooney Mara

For me, it's important that I experience and feel what the characters are feeling. So I put myself in those moments, in their thoughts,…

— Chevy Stevens

I always find that I have to be emotionally on my character's side for it to be convincing.

— Josh Hartnett

I've always found that it's such an emotional experience, trying to find the good parts of a bad character or the bad parts of…

— Milla Jovovich

Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

It was our goal to dig into the characters and really try to find out why they think the things they think and why…

— Marshall Curry

I just try to be honest and true to the character and play the part.

— Denzel Washington

It's very important to keep the emotions grounded, to keep the characters in some real place.

— Marc Webb

I have a lot of compassion for human beings in life experiences, so I allow myself to feel what these characters are feeling and…

— Kimberly Elise

Some people see me as dissecting my characters in some kind of heartless, coldblooded, analytical way, when in truth making these movies is a…

— Todd Solondz

I wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image.

— Michael Chabon

I surprised myself, that I was in the tissue of the character enough, that I could actually come up with something that I didn't…

— Quentin Tarantino