Scott Foley Quotes

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.

Keats himself spoke about how Shakespeare was capable of erasing himself completely from the characters he had created. As an actor, that is what I'm trying to do.

I love the characters I've had the opportunity to play.

I try and find a way to love every character I play.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

It doesn't matter how beautifully a film is photographed. The acting tells your story. It's what people relate to. If you don't believe the characters, it doesn't work.

You have to like the characters you play.

Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.

If you can walk into a set and feel the reality of it, then immediately you're not having to work to bring yourself into the character.

I care about all the characters I play, and I get quite defensive about them.

With films, you completely immerse yourself in a character, get into who they are, live it and then release it.

I can inhabit any character in a way that is difficult to do successfully in a contemporary novel.

I don't have any training as an actor, but I guess I'm an intense pretender. When you read something over and over, it gets into you a little bit. You can't help but begin to feel it, even if you're a healthy person as I think I am.

I've played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.

Acting is so exciting to me. It's a thrill; otherwise I wouldn't do it. Not to be hokey, but I think life is definitely worth living, whether you're working or not. For an actor, the character is the thing... it doesn't matter what medium you're in. as long as you have something to do.

I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and get people in the heart. I want to be able to get people to cry or make people angry or sad.

A performer needs to feel the part to be the part!

It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.

I enjoy my job as long as I can create a character, otherwise it's boring.

I love playing different characters and I love doing fun things and I love to entertain people, whether that be in a comedy or a drama. If I get you to laugh or I get you to cry I'm super stoked, as morbid as that might sound.

Acting is in your soul.

You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.

It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him.

I love to act because I love trying on other people's skin.

Olivier said that drama is an affair of the heart, or it's nothing, and he was right.