I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.
Clive Owen
I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.
There's something to play if there's conflict going on. Whatever that conflict is, that's where drama is; if the character is grappling... →
I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats. What I'm really... →
David Oyelowo
I love character and voice, and my favourite books have been the ones in which I've become completely absorbed.
Helen Oyeyemi
A novel can be set in motion by an incident, a character, a location, a mood - by anything at all. Sometimes the stimulus can be an idea, which will... →
Cynthia Ozick
Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
Al Pacino
It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like.
Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.
George Packer
My character in 'Cocktail' was different from my personality. Homi Adajania took me to London, showed me how girls dress and behave there. I... →
Deepika Padukone