Building Quote by LaTanya Richardson

Actors are here to perform various kind of roles and we represent some another character. You can't judge us by what we portray on…

— Sana Khan

What really matters is not how well a character fits a definition, but how strongly he or she resonates. Characters with strong, resonant ideas…

— Kurt Busiek

The great trap for non-American actors trying to play Americans, I think, is to start thinking of American-ness as a characteristic. It isn't. It…

— Hugh Laurie

Audiences make their minds up about people they see on screen, just like they do in real life. That's what fascinates me in film.…

— Steve McQueen

In my experience, it's usually up to the actor how a character is portrayed.

— Richard Dreyfuss

Part of my mission as an actor has been to define what an American is.

— John Cho

It's hard for people to differentiate between a character they see on television and a person who plays the character.

— Madelaine Petsch

When you approach it, and I hate sounding like the pretentious actor, but yeah, I think you have to find things within the character…

— Steve Carell

I'm most concerned with committing to characters that contribute to more complex, modern and dynamic Asian-American representation on screen.

— Eugene Lee Yang

Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very…

— Richard Armitage

I never tell who it is I base my character quirks on in case they get offended, but I do base them on real…

— Emily Blunt

I always want the audience to identify with my character in some way. I mean, sometimes you'll get characters that aren't very identifiable. Sometimes…

— Liana Liberato