Character Quote by Peter Sarsgaard

For me, playing characters is always about an energy and feeling it in your body. That's when I know that the character arrived.

— Sian Clifford

Well, it's probably not something I'm conscious of, but I do gravitate towards characters that are kind of like me.

— Will Sasso

I'm often drawn to characters that are more obviously one thing. They're passionate, and there is always an element of strength because I think…

— Kate Winslet

I usually focus on the whole group of characters in any given work-in-progress, and as a result they become particularly dear to me as…

— Vera Nazarian

I like characters that do big things boldly and are driven by intensely personal feelings.

— Mark Pellegrino

For me the most interesting characters are outwardly static, but inwardly charged by an overriding passion.

— Andrei Tarkovsky

I always gravitate towards characters that are so opposite of me.

— Aaron Paul

I always begin with a character or characters, and then try to think up as much action for them as possible.

— John Irving

I suppose that the sympathetic/unsympathetic debate about characters sometimes feels to me like a misstatement of purpose. I always think of truly complex characters…

— Rick Moody

For me, what really excites me about my characters and what pushes their core is the kind of dark, sad side of life.

— Lauren Lapkus

Playing interesting characters makes me feel alive.

— Fawad Khan

I do tend to gravitate to the more dramatic side of things. I love feeling intense emotions when I'm acting. I just love characters…

— Aaron Paul