Character Quote by Hilary Swank

Playing the same role over and over makes me feel claustrophobic sometimes and smaller than I am.

— Kerry Bishe

I like playing characters who are really, really quite uncomfortable with life, uncomfortable in their own skin.

— Kris Marshall

I've gotten to play some pretty intense characters and I tend to think it's therapeutic for me.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

When you get a character that you're just starting to work on, it's the most exciting and most terrifying feeling because you have endless…

— Chris Wood

I've been fortunate, I guess: I've gotten to play a lot of very diverse roles for quite a long time. But in the beginning,…

— Forest Whitaker

I think the other side of that is embracing the claustrophobia, and that's what a huge piece of this show is, just watching people…

— Kyra Zagorsky

To be honest, and I may regret saying this, the idea of playing the same character for a very long time is very daunting…

— Lucy Punch

The one nice thing about doing a character for a long time is, you begin to feel more comfortable, and you are thinking less…

— Gary Cole

I'll play a happy character, but most characters are driven by a pain or a fear. They are driven by something deep down, and…

— Emory Cohen

I like playing characters that are true to life, and there's no guarantee that any of us are going to be okay, but we…

— Mehcad Brooks

I guess Im attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And its why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for…

— Conor McPherson

I've played so many different roles over more than 15 years, but I still hope to play more various characters.

— Hyun Bin