Stephen Dorff Quotes

I would quite like to do a different accent or play something so different from myself because Olivia, the character I play in this film, is similar to me.

I have always like doing accents; I find it much easier to get into character for me.

I can't do an accent unless I'm on the set. I forget how to do it until I'm on the set.

When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.

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

Actors love mental disorders, dialects, and corsets. Give them one of the three and they're happy.

That was the fun of acting, being a blank canvas you could transform into the character - Indian princess, 20s vamp, Mother Courage, Oxford don, 94-year-old wife.

I used to play a lot of foreign women in my youth because I was prettier then. I would go for interviews, and directors would look at these sultry, exotic looks, hear this clipped accent and think the two don't go together. So they would give me a foreign accent.

I love playing characters with different accents. It's a lot of fun.

I like to mumble when I act, 'cause I think it's more realistic. For some reason, the impediment has given me the accent of a Mexican gangster.

I've played American characters so many times now, it's so natural to me. But when I play American, I stay in the American accent from the minute I get the job till the minute I wrap.

I think being a character actor is exciting in that it allows you to embody completely different things, whether it's through wild accents or a crazy bad guy or a drunken good guy.

As an actor, particularly because I'm - I would call myself a character actor. I change my look, my physical appearance and my body, my hair color, my whatever all the time for a role.

As an English actress constantly playing Americans, you already had to step way out of your box in that way.

I personally prefer being a blonde, but whatever it takes for the character.

The best way to honor real people when you play them is to try to tell the story of their dynamics and the struggles that they're dealing with rather than lose sight of the connections and personal relationships, and do a really good job at an accent.

I played a Siamese girl from Thailand. I played an Arabian girl. I did a lot of American Indians. I never, ever was able to do a part without assuming some kind of accent.

I had this very strict rule when I began auditioning that I wasn't gonna do a thicker accent, because it was like, 'I can't tell if it's supposed to be funny because he talks funny.' And now I feel like there are certain characters that I could play that could involve doing a thicker accent, as long as it's specific to that character.

I've been lucky enough to do a few roles where you get to be crazy and wild, put on contacts and different wigs and different hairpieces and dresses and outfits and embody the craziness of it all.

For me, changing my physical appearance for a character is never a problem. If I have to look a certain way for a role, I just do it.

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

Sexa as a character was fun to play. My mother couldn't even recognise me in the get-up of an older guy. In fact, it surprised me also. It's easily one of the most special characters I have ever played.

People ask me all the time how I prepare and, to tell you the truth, I think if what's on the page is rich and compelling, as far as I'm concerned, if it's beautifully presented on the page, all you have to do is put yourself there and pretend, and the rest takes care of itself. That is, unless it's a real stretch with an accent or if history matters where research has to be done.

I love doing accents because it takes you one step away from yourself and allows you to embody someone else's character.

The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.