Bottom Quote by William Fichtner

Here's the bottom line: I can't play someone if I can't figure out what he cares about. Everybody cares about something, even a rough…

— William Fichtner

I just don't play a character for the heck of it. Rather, I always look for a human element in every character that I…

— Pankaj Tripathi

I just look for characters I can relate to.

— Katie Holmes

To this day, that's what I love the most: finding and playing characters who are out of my experience.

— David Morse

I like characters where there's something going on and something to make him real. If you find out what somebody cares about, all of…

— William Fichtner

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

— Ben Kingsley

All of us want something in life, all of us have flaws, and all of us have strengths. So, I always try to discover…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters…

— Dana Carvey

I don't really try to judge any character that I play, afterwards I figure it out, but while I'm working on the character, I…

— John Hawkes

I honestly do think that every character - you pick up the things, little things that you like about them in your life. Especially…

— Essie Davis

I'll play a happy character, but most characters are driven by a pain or a fear. They are driven by something deep down, and…

— Emory Cohen

For me, it's all about smaller character-driven pieces, about finding a person that I connect with and that I'm interested in bringing to life.

— Laura Harrier