Owen Wilson Quotes

My job is to try and present the most fully-rounded character that I can, and bring a performance that people believe in.

To portray a real-life character is the toughest job for an actor because one never knows which direction to flow.

People watch me when I get into these characters that I have in my head, so perhaps I should try acting. So I did.

'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didn't feel like I was playing myself. Whether it's a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible.

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

You draw on whatever's relevant to the part you're playing; it makes it more personal.

The closer a part is to you, the harder it is to play. Anything else is just imitation. If I'm playing a Russian countess, I get the hat, the accent, the outrageousness. Easy. Playing a murderess? Perfect.

It's a real challenge to have someone perform a character vs. imitate a character.

It is a tough job to portray a character and make it believable on screen.

It was new to play a woman who plays with her sincerity, and who is a seductress, a manipulator and a liar! I was able to compose a character as opposed to being very natural, so it was very interesting for me. It was great to realise that I could be this kind of real woman!

I let the comedy come through the character and just try to make sure that everything is kind of rounded in a truth, in a reality, because that's what I need to make a character work.

I'll never approach a part in the same way again. Piaf taught me so much. In terms of my work, I think I'll enjoy it even more than before, because now I know that characters truly exist in their own right. I'll have a way to bring them even more intensely to life.

I'm an actor. I'm trying to be the character and do what they're doing.

When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world. When I'm not at my desk, the rest of the time, I try to stay in that character and see the world the way that character would It's almost like method acting in a way — keeping the character close the way the actor keeps a script close and always tries to be in character.

I don't think there's a certain part of a character I take with me. There's a certain part of me I leave with each character, though.

You got to constantly be in character.

As actors we try to find different sides of ourselves.

I think in every character there are aspects of yourself that you bring to it. But then it would be really boring to just play yourself.

I don't think an actor needs to necessarily go through his things to do his job. I think it's way more important to imagine. And then, when you're imagining, your experiences, your images and your own personal things will show up, but you keep imagining. You don't get stuck in your own personal things, otherwise you are telling your story in every character, and that's not interesting for anybody.

Strength of character is already written. What we bring, as an actor, is an almost 3D-ness to it.

I try to put myself into whatever character I play.

I feel like with every character, you try to put yourself in that person's position and just completely use your imagination. That's what I do, at least. Everything is just pretend.

With any character, the main objective is to bring authenticity to the role.

All good actors are unpredictable, and a little crazy in a good way, because they feel more secure playing other people than themselves.

You've got to be honest with yourself aesthetically about who could you play. You want to artistically be true to that character.