Michael Cudlitz Quotes

I guess every character has a little bit of the actor - I guess for every character you play, the actor has to allow a little bit of their own character to show through.

I always try to make each character my own.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

I don't know, I feel like any role that I play is a little piece of me, whether it's their perspective, maybe how they dress, what they think is funny, their loyalty to their friends. It all stems from Kiersey.

Every role you do is kind of a side of yourself. That's why they give you the part.

In the end, it's your job to own the role, and in the end, you are playing certain aspects of your own self, even.

As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance.

The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting.

When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role.

I don't think anyone can do any character that doesn't have at least some ounce of themselves in it. You are who you are, and your brain is drawing on things that you've experienced.

There is a large element of me in every role I do.

Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.

I don't believe there is any character that one can play for that long and not bring a piece of you to it.

There is a little bit of me infused in every character I play.

You have to learn to draw the same emotion you had when you wrote a song every time you perform it. Acting is the same way: You have to find those emotions and bring them to the surface, and then put them back when you're done.

When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are.

The best thing an actor can bring to a role is himself - that's no secret.

I think you always have to use certain parts of yourself in any role.

I think each person you play has a little bit of you in it - you can't really help that.

There is a lot of myself in every character that I play.

Every character I play is me.

You have to add something of yourself to the portrayal.

Every role I have played has had a bit of me in them.

I think every actor brings something personal to a role, right?

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it.