Rupert Friend Quotes

I'd rather play a character that was really, really different to me as to someone who is quite close to my character.

I would quite like to do a different accent or play something so different from myself because Olivia, the character I play in this film, is similar to me.

I want to continue to play characters that are not like me at all, and transform.

I like to play a wide range of characters. The more they're unlike me, the better I like it.

One of my favorite actors is Javier Bardem, he always challenges his previous roles, and basically does the unexpected.

I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when I have a chance to play something that's different, I embrace it because it's fun; also in this case, he's a memorable character.

I hope to do multiple characters throughout my life that are separate from me. I think it's a cop-out if you play yourself in everything.

For me, the performance was always playing different people. And so when I got older, was no longer the romantic leading movie star, it became more and more interesting for me, the characters I played, you know?

I find that comedy is my specialty, but drama is slowly starting to move up in that rank. I've always liked playing a character that has depth and that I'm able to bring my own niche to.

There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then turning around and playing someone sweet. Films give you this opportunity.

It's nice to play a three-dimensional person every once in a while for a change of pace.

This is one of the reasons I like to act - it's because acting forces you into situations you don't know.

I think you end up writing things you like. I like seeing actors playing two different parts at the same time. I think it's interesting. It kind of shows you two sides of a person.

I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos here and a bit of suspense here, that's what's fun.

I feel my job as an actor is to explore all sides of humanity.

An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God - that'd be a boring career. When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting... It's a challenge.

Being an actor gives you a chance to play all kinds of roles, very moving and dramatic on one project, silly and girlish on another. That's the most interesting thing out this business, you get to keep reinventing yourself.

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts.

I like playing a variety of characters. I feel like I've been able to play different kinds of characters - I've done a lot of period pieces - but I've never had to play the same type of character too much.

The reason you want to act is to continue to explore every different part of the human psyche.

If I ideally can, I'd do a comedy, and then I would do something where I'm a mental patient, and then I'd go back and do a comedy so I can continue to express myself in different ways.

I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.

I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up.

I think difficult characters are very rewarding to do. They often have facets to them and this and that.