Colm Meaney Quotes

As long as I don't go onstage completely normal and then jump into character onstage, I assume that most fans would be able to accept me as the creator. I can comment on the work the same way a director would on his movie.

I don't think I'm really a rude person, but now I see myself on television, I think, 'Oh, God, that is a bit strong.' And I wonder if I've always been like that and I haven't been aware of it.

There is such a cliche to certain roles that all I can do is to try to make them realistic and work for the times, and so the audience actually won't see me as a caricature of something, but rather as an actual person.

Every article I've read about myself always winds up concluding that I am not, in fact, completely stupid.

And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that the audience sees me play these and they know that that's Chris and he's having fun and he knows that and he knows that and you know that and everybody knows that.

It's difficult to see yourself up on screen without being a critic.

It's really hard to watch yourself on TV. It's definitely different in that the world has to watch, too.

All the nice things about Suzanne are me. All the things that aren't nice, that was just the writing.

People tell me that my appearance in real life is better than on-screen. Perhaps people think I am exactly like the characters I play on TV.

I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character.

I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously.

As an actor, you have to understand how you are seen and then play with that. Otherwise, my looks are not important.

I wouldn't put myself forward to do a film like 'Changeling' if I thought I couldn't pull people into a story because of all the other ways people see me.

I try to look at every role the same way, regardless of whether the character is real or the character is a fantasy. I always start from myself, because you have to know yourself first.

I don't even watch my own actual self on TV.

I normally don't concern myself with, 'Will audiences like me or like my character?'

I think you get the parts that people are comfortable with seeing you play.

I love to study people and pick apart what makes a person or character who they are. I never want to get complacent in that.

I can't stand to see myself on TV.

I think it's strange for people to read about themselves, no matter what's portrayed or how it's portrayed. But they get used to it, and I think they're fine with it.

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

As an actor, you have to face the public all the time. It is a job that people fantasies, but it also creates prejudices; these prejudices are the scariest things. People judge a personal life or your image, and it can affect the characters I play. Therefore, I try not to showcase my personal life too much.

It's never very useful to see your character as a villain. You have to play them the way they see themselves.

I never think about what people will think when they watch me on screen.

Nothing demonstrates a celebrity's basic drive for attention more powerfully than a willingness to check one's dignity at the door, week after week, in front of millions of viewers.