Billy Corgan Quotes

It's fun to play the character and then watch him later.

On 'Old School,' I was not an actor, I was Snoop Dogg, so I came to the set with a whole different vibe, and a different crew of people. And on 'Starsky and Hutch,' I was more of an actor. I wasn't Snoop Dogg, the rapper.

The thing is when you play a character it's the persona you bring across from a book to film, or book to script to film. If I play Frank Sinatra, there's gonna be things I do in a movie that Frank might not have done, but it's the personality that comes across.

I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and get people in the heart. I want to be able to get people to cry or make people angry or sad.

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

The idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting.

A little girl thought I was mean like my character on 'Zoey,' and I convinced her that 'Logan' is just a fake character and I am really a nice guy.

I play characters that are pretty; I play characters that are sort of intimidating and confident, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I'm that.

I really enjoyed playing Freddie Cork. People are always scared to approach me because of the character I played in 'Brotherhood.' The writing was very smart.

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.

You don't want to shock them and do something totally opposite, but you also want to play a different character.

It's wonderful when you can play a character that pulls all sorts of strings inside of you and fills you emotionally.

Any good actor is a character actor.

I've played a lot of really smarmy people in film, and it can be real fun, don't get me wrong. But it can be characters I'm not as excited to explore.

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.

I love playing other people's work. I love acting.

I've portrayed so many diverse individuals on the screen that my own personality never emerged.

I think being a character actor is exciting in that it allows you to embody completely different things, whether it's through wild accents or a crazy bad guy or a drunken good guy.

Any opportunity I can get to showcase different characters, I absolutely love.

In a weird way, I live vicariously through the characters I play as an actor.

I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role.

It was a big deal to me to play characters and feel things and connect to somebody in a fake world.

I love to be a vessel through which characters can come through. And if I can move an audience with my work, then I've done my job.

I haven't done many films. But with every movie, I try to showcase a different side of me through a character.

As an actor, it's exciting to play a role that's so far from what you are and to have people respond to it like a real human being!