Acting Quote by Rose McGowan

Every time when I start preparing my character for a movie, I always try to make up and create my own background story for…

— Sibel Kekilli

With most good scripts and good shows, they expect the actor to bring some of their ideas to the backstory of the character. It's…

— Mark Consuelos

I feel like any actor should always be thinking about how to serve the story. The thing to be cautious of is trying to…

— Melanie Lynskey

I do build my own backstory as an actor. It's important to know where your characters have come from in order to know where…

— Sarah Gadon

It's interesting, the acting thing. I think it must be a deep sense of insecurity that made me want to explore other characters.

— Trudie Styler

As a writer, you understand how hard it is to build up backstory for characters, so you can have impactful moments. You have to…

— Cory Barlog

If it's a good story or if it's a character I want to act in, I end up wanting to do it.

— Kwak Dong-yeon

Usually when you're playing a character, you think a lot about their backstory.

— Billy Bob Thornton

Sometimes it's less about the character and more about the story for me. I'll play a rock in the background if I think the…

— Zoe Kravitz

If you're gonna let the character be the story, you better set a tone that allows the actors to do the best work they…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

It's not very often that you get to come up with ideas and bring your take on the character and then actually have writers,…

— Madchen Amick

If you know what it is before you even start, it's not as interesting. Central to being an actor is pretending, and the adventure…

— Willem Dafoe