Jimmy Stewart Quotes

The darker, more complex and emotional the part is, the easier it is for me. But I don't take any of that stuff home with me at the end of the day.

To portray a real-life character is the toughest job for an actor because one never knows which direction to flow.

I actually find it harder to act in the scenes where there's not much happening, say having a milkshake in the diner. That is far harder to do than straight scenes where there's a drama going on and you have something to do.

It was new to play a woman who plays with her sincerity, and who is a seductress, a manipulator and a liar! I was able to compose a character as opposed to being very natural, so it was very interesting for me. It was great to realise that I could be this kind of real woman!

The actors make the film. They're the ones that take this theoretical movie that's in your head and make it real. The success of a film is entirely on their shoulders. I admire them, because acting is such a difficult thing to do, and I personally can't understand it.

I just love the whole art form of acting, of being in front of a camera and playing different things. Not that I would ever say I'm the greatest actor in the world, but I am capable of playing different kinds of roles that emotionally I could get into.

The actor becomes an emotional athlete.

I love actors. I enjoy their company, and I get excited each and every time they bring a character I've written to life. Every so often a talented actor doesn't hook in correctly to a character; or someone gets lost in a labyrinth of over-complicated thoughts, and the character and play suffer. However, most of the time I find actors either end up doing exactly what was in my head, or sometimes do something even better.

You obviously don't have to be a murderer to play a murderer or you don't have to be a dictator to play a dictator. So, you're an actor. You come up with whatever you come up with to play that part.

Acting is one of these things that I can't really describe - it's just like, why do you love your mum and dad? You know, you just do.

Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act.

Playing roles that are intense and damaged has always come more easily to me than doing comedies or lighter stuff - that would be taking a huge risk for me.

With 'Richard,' I was excited to make this film with such an amazing role for an actor. Play a wide range of emotion and really invest myself in the character.

I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile at anybody, because my character, Bev, was angry at the world. I'm the opposite. Inside my head I'd be like, God, I'll explain to you at the end of shooting that I'm not this person.

Every time you play a bad girl or guy in a movie, you really come from a place of pain.

Character acting is a much braver pursuit than a guy who runs around and intermittently clenches his jaw muscles.

Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to create another person.

For a lot of actors, there's a sort of code of honor around playing something other than yourself, which I just don't have. I love feeling like I'm - I won't even say acting out, but performing in some deep seam of my consciousness or my family's consciousness or my past. That's really amusing to me.

Playing characters I don't relate to are a big challenge for me.

I think playing a negative character is more difficult and challenging, since you have a lot to work on, and you have to put a lot of efforts.

I just did what the script demanded from me in 'Uyir.' I felt it was indeed a challenging role for me.

I like doing stuff that is sad or angry. It's a challenge, because you're doing a mix of scenes and you're making a person.

It's a real challenge to have someone perform a character vs. imitate a character.

It is a tough job to portray a character and make it believable on screen.

I find doing emotional scenes very tough, it is very challenging for me.