Audience Quote by Steve Coogan

The great thing about playing a character that's similar to the audience, or similar to you, is that you get to have the same…

— Topher Grace

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

Acting almost always draws people with that mix, who see themselves as shy and anxious, but love to perform. Part of the joy of…

— Rebecca Front

You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a demand for the hero or heroine to be…

— Felicity Jones

I think, for every actor, the most challenging part of playing a character, specially a real-life character, is to convince yourself that you are…

— Sushant Singh Rajput

A lot of times, in film and TV, they just want you to play yourself. But, when you're someone who's more of a character…

— Carrie Preston

Sometimes I am kind of the opposite of my character. But that's the thing about acting, you get to play people who are not…

— Dakota Fanning

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't…

— Ron Glass

It's easy to play a character, but playing yourself is difficult.

— Anushka Shetty

It's much more fun to play something you're nothing like than what you are... It's much easier to hide yourself in a character.

— Clint Eastwood

It's always appealing to play a character that has to overcome himself as well as an obstacle. It makes the drama so much deeper.

— Clint Eastwood

Being a dramatic character was more difficult for me. It was a new thing that I explored because it was challenging. But I love…

— Omar Sy