Jeff Lindsay Quotes

A guy like Bray Wyatt, he could easily have played something in 'True Detective.'

I got spoiled on 'Breaking Bad.' Playing the same guy for four or five seasons, you get to really explore who the character is.

I always have considered Michael Keaton to be a phenomenal actor because he navigates drama and comedy.

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.

On 'Think Like a Man,' they got the best out of me because they allowed me to bring my own cadences and opinions to the character that I was playing. I think we got the best of that particular character.

Unfortunately, I've never been mistaken as Johnny Depp.

How I'm portrayed in films has more to do with the filmmaking and what they need in the story than anything else. I'm the same person I've always been, I just get used in different ways according to the filmmakers' needs - which is fine with me; it makes for great films.

The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this - a movie star will say, 'How can I change the script to suit me?' and a movie actor will say. 'How can I change me to suit the script?'

We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor.

When I say 'yes' to a movie it's usually because, to a greater or lesser extent, it's because I'm enthusiastic about the character. How well that character ultimately comes off depends on a lot of things: your relationship with the director and so on. But at first, you're on board because you think you can do something with it.

The theoretical casting part of movies is the funnest part. You really can imagine so many different versions of a story based on who's embodying it.

John Lithgow was absolutely wonderful in 'Dexter,' there's no doubt about it.

You can write and write, but if you don't have someone who can nail that character, it's never going to live.

I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write.

I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn't a part of the picture.

Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.

Each performance and each film is what it is. It's right and belongs within that moment. You look at it and try to make it fit your particular part of your character and your particular film.

I think when your image becomes so big that it's hard for a viewer to see a character, then I think you're in danger as an actor of being unable to perform what you should be doing.

I really wanted to be the American James Bond when I was starting out in the business. Then I got 'Falcon Crest,' and the film portion of my career took a back seat.

Woody Harrelson played a long-term love interest of Debra Messing's; I think it was for a whole season. They almost cast Nick in that part. They almost had given to him. But at the eleventh hour, Jim Burrows put in a call to Woody, and he said he would do it.

I don't know of any actor in any television show that I have ever seen who's given monologue after monologue in a television series.

I went in and read for 'Maleficent,' and it was hard to get a concept of what the imagery would be like. So you have a hard time seeing how you'll fit in to the movie through the visuals.

I would love Jimmy Stewart to play my life story.

I want Priyanka Chopra to do my biopic. I think she is very good and lovely. Priyanka would be the ideal actress to play my part.

My take is that every character requires a different character to be cast.