Audience Quote by James McAvoy

I agree to play a character if I feel that as an audience member, it will entertain me.

— Babu Antony

I always find it easier to portray myself as being unlikeable and idiotic; to actually play a character that is likeable and engages the…

— Steve Coogan

There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean,…

— Adam Driver

The great thing about playing a character that's similar to the audience, or similar to you, is that you get to have the same…

— Topher Grace

I don't worry about whether a character is likable, as long as the character is believable.

— Matt Dillon

You can't dictate if a character's going to come off as sympathetic to an audience. I just tried to play it as honest as…

— Donnie Wahlberg

I will always find a defense for characters, and that's why it's fun playing characters that are morally ambiguous, or are at least perceived…

— Damian Lewis

I like conflict, drama's conflict and if you don't have that in the character it's really not a worthwhile role to play for me.

— Matt Dillon

I'll be able to pull off playing an unlikable character because inherently, I think I'm likable.

— John Stamos

I've played parts that were just likable people, and there's a certain pleasure in that. And that's that.

— Annette Bening

To me, any character that is conflicted inside as well as outside of themselves is always a better role to play.

— Brent Sexton

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.

— Billy Corgan