Character Quote by Ira Sachs

A lot of what you're seeing these characters go through is something that either is a story one of the actors told in the…

— Jay Ellis

I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I am really…

— Brad Dourif

When I shoot, I try to feel the body and the face and the weight of the actor, because the character until that moment…

— Bernardo Bertolucci

Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very…

— Richard Armitage

I'm interested in the intersection of character and actor.

— Sebastian Lelio

John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone - those guys are consummate filmmakers. They believe that you don't talk it, you show…

— George Hamilton

In the writing phase, normally I try not to envisage any particular actors because I like to let the characters sort of reveal themselves…

— David Ayer

As an actor, secrets and obstacles fuel the character.

— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I can talk endlessly about characters, or why someone did this or that, and what that dynamic and interaction is. I really love it,…

— Charlie Kaufman

Anyone could identify with the human aspect of the characters.

— Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero

A lot of the time you find that elements of a character are brought out by the actors playing them.

— John de Lancie

The actors I admire always have something to say, or a level of poetry, belief, activism or intelligence about what they do or how…

— Zawe Ashton