Chris Wood Quotes

I think the buzz of acting is playing people different to you, and for me, that means traversing all genres.

Lonesome Rhodes had wild mood swings. He'd be very happy, he'd be very said, he'd be very angry, very depressed, and I had to pull all of these emotions out of myself. And it wasn't easy.

With 'Richard,' I was excited to make this film with such an amazing role for an actor. Play a wide range of emotion and really invest myself in the character.

The thing about being an actor is that as we get older, there are more and more characters to explore and, in general, they get more complicated, so you get to bring all your crazy life experience to the table.

I like playing characters with as many emotions as possible. I'd love to play a really crazy person - someone truly out of her mind.

The chance to play a romantic character who kisses somebody onscreen was one of the elements that made me want to do 'The Stand.' The more you can do, the better, and I've been known as a character actor.

It's easier to play aggression and malevolence onscreen, often, than to hit softer notes.

The provocation with Holmes is the fact that he's described by Doyle as a man without a heart - all brain... and that's very difficult to play, or even indicate.

I was a little bit wary of playing Nicholas. In the script, which I think is true of the novel and the film, he's the only character not singing and dancing in a musical style. Playing someone who is the personification of good is a little difficult.

My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth.

I always find it easier to portray myself as being unlikeable and idiotic; to actually play a character that is likeable and engages the audience is far more difficult. It's a more subtle kind of challenge.

I think the simpler it is when you have a crazy character to play is almost more creepy and interesting.

It's exciting to play someone who is a bit tougher than I am. I liked feeling those adjustments.

Playing an unstable, bipolar, multiple-personality-disorder person is definitely up my alley.

When I did the pilot, Mort was very real to me. When I got through with the ten weeks, Maura is even more real to me.

My character in 'Hollyoaks' went through absolutely everything! There's not one emotion where I'm going to go, 'I don't know how to play this.'

I think a lot of actors will tell you that playing a villain can be more fun than playing the straight and narrow good guy.

We play many emotions in our careers, emotions that in real life we would perform just once. For example, my character has died in about 10 films, so you have to keep searching for different ways to do it!

One of the things you learn as an actor is that human beings are capable of almost anything. I'm sort of in the business of illustrating that fact.

When a character has so many secrets and so much inner life, it's a joy to play those characters because you can use your craft.

Sometimes I'm playing somebody that I may have a problem with. Your job as an actor is not to go only play things that make you look good.

Tortured characters are, I think, an actor's dream.

Humpty' was something I had to do. I had to stretch myself as an actor.

If I love the story, and if I really connect with my character, I'm willing to do it. I'm willing to try new characters, to be someone that I'm not like. I like trying new emotions and being new characters. That's the thing about acting: You can be so many things!

I like doing stuff that is sad or angry. It's a challenge, because you're doing a mix of scenes and you're making a person.