Always Quote by William Godwin

It's one thing to play a character that's fictitious - it's quite another to play somebody that is alive and well.

— Sherilyn Fenn

“Character actor' is a technical term denoting a clever stage performer who cannot act, and therefore makes an elaborate study of the disguises and…

— George Bernard Shaw

An actor's job is to play any kind of character, no matter how sub-human.

— Satish Kaushik

Theres something magical about theater. You can live the character every single day to the point where you become that person.

— Grace Gummer

The real object of the drama is the exhibition of human character.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

An actor feels the dilemma of being a human being and through his art tries to explain the condition of man.

— Ted Cassidy

There's something very cool as an actor when you have an opportunity to play somebody who's real, whether they're still alive or not, but…

— Dwayne Johnson

I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of…

— Robert Duvall

My job as a character actor is to make me fit the character, to serve the character. To present this human being who turns…

— Timothy Spall

When you play a person who exists in real life, it is different than when you play fiction.

— Joanna Kulig

There are characters in movies who I call 'film characters.' They don't exist in real life. They exist to play out a scenario. They…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In…

— James Dean