Actor Quote by Will Self

It can be a fictional character and yet relatable... It always depends on the content of the film and what you are doing.

— Kartik Aaryan

Suffice it to say, every actor works differently. Laurence Olivier would put on his costume and when the wardrobe was right, he was in…

— Michael Mann

When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters.

— Kevin Kline

The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story.

— Colleen Atwood

In the case of drama (stage, movies, television ), there appear to be people in almost every audience who never quite fully realize that…

— S. I. Hayakawa

I do like to embed a fictional character firmly in an occupation.

— Penelope Lively

When you find theater writing like in the theater on film but it's realistic, it doesn't matter who the character is, you want to…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

A humorist has to be taken seriously before he's considered a real writer.

— Art Buchwald

I don't think comics necessarily think in literary terms. There is an element of developing your stage persona and your comedic voice, but I…

— Ted Alexandro

The actor's job is to put themselves in the shoes of the character they are trying to portray as truthfully as possible.

— Dervla Kirwan

In every film, whether it's a fictional character or not, you create an idea of the character and for me I always do a…

— Joaquin Phoenix

He always describes his characters' voices and their physique so brilliantly. As people have said, they are cartoons, caricatures. They're grotesques really.

— Simon Callow