Character Quote by Rachael Leigh Cook

I'm interested in psychology and how your surroundings can influence your character, and because of that, I think I try and take the very…

— Mia Goth

Each character I play pushes me into a deeper understanding of myself.

— Naomi Ackie

What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.

— Irrfan Khan

You definitely put a bit of yourself in every character, and you always have to have an understanding and empathy for the person that…

— Mia Wasikowska

I think that I identify with my role in pretty much everything I have tried to do. I try to find something that I…

— Paul Rudd

You tend to understand yourself a little better after each role you play. There’s somewhat of a self-discovery.

— Shahid Kapoor

Without meaning to sound crass, I've never had any psychological... help. It's because I feel my work is so revealing about who I am…

— Robert Lepage

I want to play so many different characters. I want to, like, understand so many different people, and psychoanalysis, everything. I love that about…

— Sylvia Hoeks

It's not easy trying to get into the psyche and behaviour patterns, which are far removed from one's own personality. Some intense characters linger…

— Abhimanyu Singh

You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.

— Jacki Weaver

Psych yourself up until you're confident that the world will be interested in what happens to your characters. Confidence is key.

— Deborah Moggach

Well, you put a little piece of yourself into every character that you do. Even if you're playing some psychotic person, which of course…

— Scarlett Johansson