Acting Quote by Nathan Fillion

I often play characters on TV shows that are more sweet and naive and just kind of puppy-dog eyes, and I don't think I…

— Lauren Lapkus

There is a part of me that is desperately wanting to not necessarily be this cute, endearing, heart-on-his-sleeve type of character that just wants…

— Colin Hanks

Sometimes I am kind of the opposite of my character. But that's the thing about acting, you get to play people who are not…

— Dakota Fanning

I want people to like me. They don't have to always like my characters, you understand

— Kathleen Turner

People say that they like the characters that they believe that I am. But, I don't as much. I like the characters that I…

— Jill Scott

A lot of times, I feel like people come up to me because they think I'm like my character in 'Easy A', or because…

— Emma Stone

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

Of course I know my characters are unlikable sometimes or have prejudices. It's not as if I'm thinking they're so endearing all the time.…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

A lot of acting requires you to be a charming version of yourself. A lot of what happens in the industry is that you…

— Matt Ross

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I'm not playing a character. What I'm doing though is taking the worst, most shameful, peculiar, or troubling aspects of my personality. So there…

— Simon Amstell

People watch me when I get into these characters that I have in my head, so perhaps I should try acting. So I did.

— John Boyega