Character Quote by Philip Seymour Hoffman

We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of good character,…

— Thomas Bernhard

Interesting characters are troubled characters. The only problem I've had in my business is very few people - unfortunately, very vocal - confusing the…

— Val Kilmer

I think one of my big skills is making unlikable characters likable or real in some way. No matter how hateful people are, there's…

— Allison Janney

A lot of the characters I play have problems, they are marginalised, they have serious psychological problems, problems with relationships, with childhood. These are…

— Robert Carlyle

I'm attracted to playing characters that have flaws.

— Sarah Shahi

I've always tried to have a healthy take on the characters I play; they are only characters I play.

— Steve Buscemi

Interesting characters are troubled characters. The only problem I've had in my business is very few people - unfortunately, very vocal - confusing the…

— Val Kilmer

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

I don't really pity any of my characters. I hold my characters under a harsh fluorescent lamp and ask "Who are you?" I'm not…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

I love playing characters that are unrecognizable.

— Khandi Alexander

I do that with all of my characters. They have one of the flaws I have, and I zero in on that flaw.

— Benjamin Alire Saenz

I've played outrageous characters my whole career.

— Tracy Morgan