Character Quote by Viola Davis

I feel, we actors are out there a lot, and people are hell bent on trying to create perceptions of our lives. We tend…

— Shriya Pilgaonkar

I think a lot of acting is about the removal of self-consciousness. The actor is going to be in front of a lot of…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Actors incorporate certain emotions from our own lives in order to create characters, and emotions come from experience.

— Daniela Vega

As actors, we are selfish. When listening to a story, we think of the significance of our character in that story.

— Neha Sharma

I think always whenever we're casting a movie, it's about sitting down with somebody and feeling in them some kind of the element of…

— Anna Boden

“I think most of us have many personas inside us at the outset, but over time we lean to the one that is dominant…

— Jane Fonda

One of the great pleasures of acting is surrendering to someone else's point of view of the world - living inside a character and…

— Brit Marling

I think all of us, under certain circumstances, could be capable of some very despicable acts. And that's why, over the years, in my…

— Martin Scorsese

Because I'm highly empathetic, it's easy for me to put myself in the character's shoes. It's, you know, finding the truth of the moment.

— Rooney Mara

As a character actor, you have to understand that it's not about you. You have to remember it's about someone else's life. And your…

— Frank Vincent

I think that's almost what it is sometimes if you sum up what acting is. It's just the ultimate expression of empathy.

— Emily Blunt

Sometimes, as actors, we feel like we want to hold on and control where a character goes.

— Corey Hawkins