Judy Greer Quotes

As an actor you get categorized by other people, but it's not like I arrange myself into comedy mode or serious mode. If it's good writing you just have to play it true - if it's funny, it's funny. But obviously you don't want it to be amusing if you're playing Hedda Gabler!

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.

I never really thought about what characters I play. I always just wanted different characters.

I care about all the characters I play, and I get quite defensive about them.

What I truly get excited about is not the genre of a movie or the size of a part - it's character. I like to find characters.

I can inhabit any character in a way that is difficult to do successfully in a contemporary novel.

Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality.

Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together.

Sometimes I'm doing a big movie, or sometimes I'm doing a TV show, but as an actor, it's almost the same thing for me. If I'm doing action, or comedy, or something more heartfelt, it's a different approach, but it's all acting for me.

I just don't play a character for the heck of it. Rather, I always look for a human element in every character that I play.

I don't play roles, I play characters. There is a vast difference between the two.

All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever ask for.

I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.

I guess you should approach the roles differently when they're actual people who have been, this is the difference. Getting the accent exact, or the hair exact is less important in a situation like this.

I'm just an actor. If it's drama, I add as much humour as the part will stand. And if it's a comedy, add as much drama as you can, so it balances out; you don't wanna be too serious.

I love challenging films, really. I'd prefer to do some gritty, challenging roles. That would be awesome and really fun.

When you see something that is well-written, the actors can get behind it.

I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman.

If you know exactly what your character knows, it's a drama.

I usually don't find myself reacting to my characters. I just create them ... And let the audience decide whether they're empathetic or scared or compelled to cheer me on.

Actors are really working with bodies, with their minds, and with their emotions. Feelings, basically. That's what movies are about, going from one feeling to another.

I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.

It's very, very important to me, no matter who the person is, to play that person with the utmost degree of truth that I'm able to bring. But playing a character like Jack Sparrow or Willy Wonka, that requires nothing but a degree of responsibility to the intent of the story - responsibility to the film-maker to deliver the goods.

With films, you completely immerse yourself in a character, get into who they are, live it and then release it.

I want to play characters that are interesting to watch.