Character Quote by Jamie Parker

I'm trying to find the truth in myself. To play somebody else doesn't interest me. It's not the focus of my life. I can…

— Neil Diamond

Sometimes what you turn out may be just a performance, but sometimes what you create will change the way people think about a play,…

— Adrian Lester

Our job is to unleash the play. It's not just about your character or interaction with the other characters. There's an energy in all…

— Glenda Jackson

But for me, you also have to be conscious of what is going to play. And that includes playing with. Sometimes it's just a…

— Gary Cole

For me, as an actress, you are playing a character, and to play that character, you have to get into that mindset.

— Amy Jackson

As actors, we are always playing other characters. It's so exhausting and time consuming to figure them out, so when you get the time…

— Alia Bhatt

A lot of times, in film and TV, they just want you to play yourself. But, when you're someone who's more of a character…

— Carrie Preston

It only seems jarring when you look back on the work I've done. I think if you had to map that out at the…

— Eric Bana

That's what I love about acting, you get to find little pieces of yourself in every character you play.

— Julianna Margulies

Acting almost always draws people with that mix, who see themselves as shy and anxious, but love to perform. Part of the joy of…

— Rebecca Front

Acting is a marvelous profession ... If you can spend enough time playing other people, you don't have to think too much about your…

— Dean Koontz

If you start acting and you start thinking about and worrying about what other people are going to say about it, you'll never really…

— Ray Liotta