Hugo Weaving Quotes

I suppose I've got a reputation for playing quite extreme characters and making them quite believable.

The day the audience feel they are watching Parvathy instead of the character, that would be me failing as an actor.

You can't really judge characters, because that's when it gets really hard to play them.

As an actor, you need everything you can get to be truly scary and truly memorable.

One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able to believe in him in the role.

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.

I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television I try to implement what I was taught to do in theatre, to try to stretch into characters that are far from myself.

To be honest, if people thought my performance in 'The Office' was the same as my performance in 'The Hobbit,' it would tell me everything I needed to know about what they know about acting.

I consider myself a character actor.

I can't act, and so I have to live that particular character in my real life and then exhibit it on screen.

It's an actor's job to play all the human conditions - light, dark, and medium.

I have played 50 different kinds of fathers and villains. Only mediocre actors play the part the same way.

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

As an actor, what you dream of is being able to portray people that people empathize with and understand and really feel for.

I've played parts that were just likable people, and there's a certain pleasure in that. And that's that.

To me, there are things you're good at and things you're not so good at. For some reason, I'm good at darker characters. It has to do with how you look.

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.

A lot of actors like saying, 'Don't judge a character; you might fall in love with him!' Not me.

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

I don't think I was bubbly in 'Oohalu Gusagusalade.' It was a real character.

Real acting is about giving people an insight into a person, letting the audience in.

I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.

I think one thing that's always a concern to me is you see a role, and you're not seeing the character; you're seeing so-and-so do it. Then I'm taken out of the story considerably, personally.

I adore actors/actresses that have range: someone that can transform into a character that is far beyond who they truly are. Charlize Theron and Johnny Depp are amazing at this.

As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.