Character Quote by Jimmy O. Yang

I think that there is no doubt that every experience you have in your life, whether it's playing a character or something else, you…

— Kevin Spacey

You've lived and all the experiences that you've had in life inform the characters you play.

— Amanda Redman

I think that you can sort of have your own personal journey and you know, you can just kind of apply that to whatever…

— Ryan Gosling

To play any character, you have to have a total understanding of why they do what they do.

— Jamie Dornan

I think in every character there are aspects of yourself that you bring to it. But then it would be really boring to just…

— Felicity Jones

You can live vicariously through the characters you play.

— Charlize Theron

The life of a character should be an unbroken line of events and emotions, but a play only gives us a few moments on…

— Constantin Stanislavski

You have to play the character in the best way you know how and do what you need to do in order to bring…

— Emma Stone

Each character I play pushes me into a deeper understanding of myself.

— Naomi Ackie

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

— Natasha Calis

Whatever role I get told to play, I just have to adapt to it and play.

— Alex Iwobi

In the two or three or four months that it takes me to write a play, I find that the reality of the play…

— Edward Albee