Effort Quote by Matt Harvey

Sometimes, you get portrayed the way you don't want to be portrayed.

— Gina Carano

I always tell people that, if you feel like you're portraying a character really well, you're not acting. If you can reach that point…

— Travis Aaron Wade

For film and games, there is now a fantastic method of actors portraying characters which don't necessarily look like themselves. And yet you've still…

— Andy Serkis

There is such a cliche to certain roles that all I can do is to try to make them realistic and work for the…

— Kelli O'Hara

If you're playing a fictional character, you can create a character, you can sort of take certain liberties. And when you're playing a real…

— Donnie Wahlberg

I feel like there's a currency to your personal life and your performance - your acting, your work. If that personal life starts to…

— Milo Ventimiglia

Well, I always try to look at my characters as being better than I am. That's one of the reasons I guess I became…

— Bruce Davison

I always find it easier to portray myself as being unlikeable and idiotic; to actually play a character that is likeable and engages the…

— Steve Coogan

It would be completely laughable if I claimed I was always motivated by the pure craft of acting and that recognition doesn't play a…

— Christoph Waltz

It is important for me to truly understand the people I am portraying and their struggles, in order to give an honest performance.

— Jake T. Austin

I've always felt that almost every part I've played has been a character part. I mean, I look at it that way. I can't…

— Robert Redford

It still surprises me when I get cast in something. I'm not your, you know, I'm... I remember thinking really early on that you…

— Rachel House