Ability Quote by Jason Schwartzman

I don't like words coming out of a character's mouth that I adore because not only is he a little bit duplicitous but he's…

— Robert Downey, Jr

I would say that playing this character has caused me to think about a lot of things. He's always questioning himself and trying to…

— Lee Tergesen

For me, it's quite scary to go ahead to make my characters say things because, at times, you might actually be influencing a mind…

— Ekta Kapoor

I honestly do think that every character - you pick up the things, little things that you like about them in your life. Especially…

— Essie Davis

I like to play characters that have an inner confidence about them that maybe you wouldn't expect them to have and that they aren't…

— Aidy Bryant

Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is…

— Al Pacino

For me, playing a really bad character is about figuring out what brought the person to where we need him.

— Paul Dano

I do give a great deal of forethought and zone in on character and all sorts of things like that. Never before have I…

— Greg Kinnear

I think the idea is to try and understand everything about the characters and where the character is coming from, from their point of…

— Paul Dano

It's really nice when you can sit down with somebody and just talk to them, and talk about your ideas and what you think…

— Aaron Ashmore

I think you can say so much about a character in lots of subtle ways.

— Lynne Ramsay

I think what's really the most ideal thing is for the player themselves, within their own imagination, to carve out what they view as…

— Shigeru Miyamoto