Sebastian Koch Quotes

Pretty much everything that I pick, when it comes to choosing roles, is just based on things and materials that grabs me. It's pretty much the subject matter that I gravitate towards.

The way I choose parts is I look at the scripts... I choose a part by whether or not it challenges me.

I think you work on the roles that draw you in and the stories you want to tell.

It's not a matter of being choosy as an actor but a matter of liking the right script.

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

I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with.

If I feel like it's a well-written script and if it speaks to me, it's something I want to do. I usually rely on my instincts when it comes to a script.

I find it easier to play someone who is so far from me because you create someone - you build this person based on the story and the script, with the director.

I love to be a working actor, and I love to read scripts as they come in. If I find the script or character that is interesting, I want to transform myself into that character.

You try to pick good stories, and that's pretty much all the control you have as an actor.

I never really do much research before signing a film. It is just the script and character that I concentrate on.

I'm the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I'm also an actor. I was trained as an actor at Emerson College, and I use that training to play myself.

I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.

I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles.

When I choose projects, I don't stipulate between film or theatre or television. I receive scripts and I read scripts - and when I read a script that's good, I then get married to it and talk to my agent about what happens next.

Well, I think certain roles are chosen for us. The moment I read Pete Campbell I thought: I can do this, this is mine. And in Money, too. The truth is I turn down a lot of projects. If a character doesn't have some kind of internal struggle, it's no good for me.

When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it.

I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It's fun. I like being creative, and it's a creative process.

I just read the scripts that come to me, and I see the ones which I really kind of understand and connect with, whether that's a science fiction or a period piece. It doesn't really matter as long as they're original and I have something to do with the character.

I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.

Every movie I've done, it's always the same criteria: finding a great story, and finding a great part to play.

I'm very instinctive when I choose my roles, and usually, the number one thing has to be the director.

Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

As an actor, there are so many different people to hide behind.

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