Patty Jenkins Quotes

I was blown away watching Michael Keaton act because he was such a maniacal, evil person on set. He takes on a totally different life, and it was so amazing to watch him work.

I did a film a few years ago where I gained a lot of weight for it. I was happy to do that because it was called for in the script.

You have to be completely in the character, and that's so hard to do. That's why, when they call, 'Cut!,' you often feel yourself shift. Unless you're Daniel Day Lewis, who stays in character all the time, there's a switch that happens.

There are actors who are really fantastically talented at being natural on screen and appearing to be themselves, but I like the challenge of becoming somebody else.

Actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, they totally immerse themselves in their parts.

I never had a thing for movie stars. I was into the guys who could transform. Sean Penn. Daniel Day-Lewis. The ones who privileged the craft.

For 'Rangbaaz,' I had put on weight to play the gangster and for '83,' I had to lose all that weight.

As actors, that has been challenging for us to pick up the nuances of the living legends we are playing.

I am trained in theatre, and so I take time to study and get into the skin of a character.

When a role involves physical transformation, it helps build the character better.

In 'Begum Jaan,' a lot of people did not recognize me as my look was different. That is the big thing and it means you have gone so much into your character.

In normal life, we are all sweet and not vamp. So, to play a villain a lot of focus is required.

I am a known actor who wants to challenge himself in difficult roles. I am not a star but an actor, so I am always looking for strong scripts and strong roles.

None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. That wouldn't be acting.

What attracted me to acting, from the start, was playing different characters. I'm not a massive fan of just playing myself on screen.

There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis - real transformational actors.

Transformational acting was the reason why I became an actor in the first place. Your hair and make-up and the costume are the tools that you have, and it makes you feel like that person. When you look in the mirror, you don't feel like yourself, and it changes the way you move. I love that stuff.

Casting Captain America is really casting two roles... Steve Rogers before and after the transformation from 98 pound weakling to perfect physical specimen. I can't divulge how we're going to do it, but the performance will be Chris Evans from beginning to end.

I think when you have to train an accent, it just takes you absolutely into another spectrum of the character.

I've always wanted to shave my head for a role because I've wanted to play a character who had a shaved head. I don't know what the fascination is.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

I'm a character actor and I get lost in these characters, so I think it's only recently that people have begun to connect dots and go, 'Oh, that's the same person that did this, this, this, this and this!' which I take as a compliment. One time somebody called me an illusionist, and that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said.

I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and get paid.

It's a great challenge to get to play a real-life character. Every actor would love to get a chance, at least once in his life, to play a real-life character.

Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro.