Effort Quote by Lydia Hearst

Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still has to…

— Tammy Blanchard

I think, first of all, every time you want to play somebody who is real is always challenging and always scary, because you are…

— Liya Kebede

I think it's important to play real people.

— Lindsay Mendez

I think it's so important when you're playing a character that you can't judge the person you're playing at all. It's a judgment-free zone.…

— Juno Temple

People are really much more respectful than they're made out to be and much more discerning about the fact that I'm not the character…

— David Duchovny

For me, there's always a huge attraction in playing real people. But with it comes an incredible sense of responsibility because you're playing a…

— Naoko Mori

I became acutely aware of how important it is to separate the difference between who you are and who the character you're playing is.

— Orlando Jones

You feel a huge sense of responsibility when you're playing a real person.

— Jeremy Strong

It's always very daunting to play someone who actually existed. You have to honor that, and be specific and accurate and try to make…

— Michael Shannon

You definitely put a bit of yourself in every character, and you always have to have an understanding and empathy for the person that…

— Mia Wasikowska

When you're playing a real person, there's a balance between playing the person in the script and playing the person as he was in…

— David Tennant

Something they taught us at drama school, and it's taken me a long time to realise it's true through practice, is that you can't…

— Karla Crome