Character Quote by R. Lee Ermey

I always try to get under the skin of the character and do justice to my role.

— Mallika Sherawat

I've always tried to stray towards characters who are way more faceted than your standard leading man role, and I've been fortunate to play…

— Sam Palladio

I'm a character-driven director, and I tend to fall in love with the characters in my movies and TV shows.

— Doug Liman

I always think once you have the lead protagonist, you cast around that character.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

When I prepare for a role, I try to get inside the character's head and understand him.

— Aamir Khan

There's a wonderful adage in acting that you're stuck with the character, but the character is also stuck with you.

— Jeffrey Tambor

With acting it's your neck up there in the end. And if you think the director can't help you it's one thing. But if…

— John Malkovich

You always take a little bit back with you at the end of the day. I always put a little bit of myself into…

— Aaron Stanford

I try to choose characters that are very different; I think I have succeeded in that. A big role or a small one does…

— Nithya Menen

I often meet directors who want to cast me as the protagonist, but if the rest of the characters are not strong enough, the…

— Dimple Kapadia

Once the scene is over, I come out of it. I don't carry the character with me for long as many actors do.

— Nani

I'm not a very good actor, so I break character all the time.

— Eric Andre