I was born a character actor.
Charles Durning
Because I killed a guy in real life, and because my character kills a guy onstage, they said I could never do anything this great again. I resented... →
Charles S. Dutton
I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except... →
Robert Duvall
I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.
But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between those two... →
As long as a character doesn't die, the character can always come back.
Cote de Pablo
I think the simpler it is when you have a crazy character to play is almost more creepy and interesting.
Emilie de Ravin
I think we take for granted police officers and detectives that walk into some pretty heinous situations, and they really have to be very brave. So I... →
George Eads
I think my character's getting to the point where he can't even eat spaghetti with red sauce anymore, where he has horrible nightmares, he... →
With fiction, you can talk about plot, character and narrative, whereas a poem brings home the fact that everything that happens in a work of... →
Terry Eagleton