Character Quote by Stephen Colbert

I generally don't like to talk too much about the character unless I feel stuck or in some trouble.

— Katherine Waterston

I enjoy sometimes focusing on a character in a scene that's not actually doing the main action or the talking.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

Just working on a character and his mannerisms, but not looking the part, is not my thing. It is your duty as an actor…

— Gautam Rode

I never go into a scene - ever, ever, ever - thinking, I have to make myself more empathetic toward the audience. Once you…

— Dean Winters

As an actor, you don't want to ever get too comfortable where you're like, 'I know this character,' and you don't do the work…

— Shanola Hampton

For me, portraying a character is not about liking or disliking it; it's about meeting a challenge that's thrown at you.

— Manoj Bajpayee

For me, the acting part - and I have to say it makes me a little worried about my own psychological make-up - is…

— Kathy Baker

I think if you're too embroiled in the need to relate too closely to the character, then you start to judge the character for…

— Cate Blanchett

One of my biggest pet peeves is that I just don't like it when characters do things that are funny to the writer, but…

— Glenn Howerton

I try to choose characters that don't remind the audience of my previous roles. I make a conscious effort for that.

— Fahadh Faasil

For me, it's quite scary to go ahead to make my characters say things because, at times, you might actually be influencing a mind…

— Ekta Kapoor

I just always gravitate toward the kind of characters or people that maybe you don't want to talk to for a long time at…

— Kristen Wiig