Michael Angarano Quotes

You experience the films through the actors, so they're all locked into your imagination in some kind of layer of fantasy or hatred or wherever they settle into your imagination.

I think if people stick with 'The Leftovers,' it's a very rewarding viewing experience. I wanted to be part of that - and what a great cast we got. I wanted to be one of those actors, in that show!

Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience.

The audience basically likes complex characters, and bringing out the complexities is the actor's job. The audience doesn't have the script, the actor does.

I'm open to do a Filipino drama if I like the role or if the plot is attractive to me.

I always try to make my characters people, and yet I always want to entertain.

But theatre is always a difficult experience.

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

I wanted to send a message to the television industry that excitement is not made of car chases.

I only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn't want it to be a star-driven thing anymore.

I put a lot of time and energy and thought behind what I do and the characters that I create, and I don't want to do anything peripheral that is going to make an audience see me up there on the screen rather than who I'm playing.

If you write interesting roles, you get interesting people to play them. If you write roles that are full of nuance and contradiction and have interesting dialog, actors are drawn to that.

I love doing theater so much - being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with every performance.

I just love to be able to actually build a character.

It's all about story and character with me, and I don't care if the job is on daytime or prime time or the web. Hey, give me a good character and someone to listen, and I'll do my acting on a street corner.

The luxury of television is that you get more than one shot at who you think the guy is that you're playing.

As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.

Theater is about language, so characters have to define themselves through language for an audience.

The thing about many celebrities - not all - is that they're fantastic actors. If we've created a really juicy role, it just feels like a fantastic actor should be playing the part. If it's a long enough part, we consider anyone. If it's a single episode, we don't usually let a single actor on. Because that' s just stunting.

I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.

I am not interested in entertaining people. I think being an actor provides an opportunity to give people an experience they can connect to, reflect on, learn from, laugh at.

There is no such thing as a Bollywood hero or Hollywood hero. All you see on the screen is the lead actor's interpretation of the role that has been conceived by the writer.

If a character dies, you get to do a big, juicy death scene. But the flip side is you're out of the sequel, which is where the real money is.

It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

That's what I love about acting, is playing different roles. I want to work for the character, and not make it work for me.