I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor.
Alessandro Nivola
I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for... →
My character in 'Fresh Meat' is quite prim and tidy, and then I basically had no make-up for the whole shoot of 'Kidnap and Ransom' -... →
Kimberley Nixon
You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.
Richard M. Nixon
If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished.
As actors, you don't actually need to know the future of the character. You just need to know the backgrounds.
John Noble
We all wake up in the morning wanting to live our lives the way we know we should. But we usually don't, in small ways. That's what makes a... →
Christopher Nolan
I grew up watching 'Magnum, P.I.' and shows like that, where you could develop a character over eight seasons, with stories along the way.
Jonathan Nolan
'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' ends with the spaceship lands and Richard Dreyfuss' character best on, but a bunch of pilots and... →
For an actor, playing one character and transitioning to a completely different one is a dream come true.
Dean Norris