Character Quote by Karen Allen

The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me.

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

Any time you play a character for a long period of time, regardless of how close it is to you, it infiltrates your life.…

— Jesse Eisenberg

There is a bit of myself in all the characters I play.

— Sanjeeda Sheikh

There is a lot of myself in every character that I play.

— Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

I'd rather play a character that was really, really different to me as to someone who is quite close to my character.

— Tom Felton

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

— Christian Bale

I can always see something of myself in the characters I play.

— Mark Wahlberg

I think there are parts of myself in every character I play.

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a…

— Callie Khouri

I actually see myself in all my characters. In order to imagine what it feels like to be another person I have to use…

— Elizabeth Strout

It's funny, people talk about the characters they play and who do you sort of see yourself as or which ones maybe were closest…

— Gabriel Mann

It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.

— Halle Berry