Balance Quote by Graham Greene

Everything characters say or do is a clue to their personalities, their histories, and the forces that motivate them.

— William G. Tapply

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

— Peter Riegert

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out…

— Leon Trotsky

That, my dear, is what makes a character interesting, their secrets.

— Kate Morton

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

— Jamie Dornan

It's obvious that if you're going to play a character you need to amass information about that person and about their environment or their…

— Cillian Murphy

It's a rare opportunity to play a character that is not only a lot of fun to portray, but it's also rare to play…

— Scott Michael Foster

Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood their motivation…

— Scarlett Thomas

When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role.

— Lori Loughlin

The reader has information about the characters that the characters themselves don't have. We all have our secret sides. Even I come to understand…

— Jaume Cabre

When your characters are really living they tell you what they do.

— Andrea Arnold

When a character has so many secrets and so much inner life, it's a joy to play those characters because you can use your…

— Viola Davis