Devin Kelley Quotes

Everything you do is different, and you find different chords in every character that you play that strike true with you.

Well, I'm not at all like the tough, sexy femme fatale in Confidence but it's fun to play people who're really different from you, from different cultures and places. I suppose I'm a bit quieter than most of the people I play.

I try to play characters who are different from myself, so I feel like this character is someone who is really different. I actually think that if I did what he did in this movie, I would get a restraining order put against me.

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'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.

It's always fun to play characters that are different from me.

I like playing an array of different roles. From the fun, comedic roles to the serious roles. It's always fun to play the role that either closely represents your own personality or the role that is completely opposite of yourself.

Sometimes I am kind of the opposite of my character. But that's the thing about acting, you get to play people who are not like you at all.

The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.

It's interesting to be playing a father who's on the other side because that's not my world and not where I came from.

For me as an actor, it's really fun to play someone who's not human.

I always wanted to do dramas. Ever since I was young, I wanted to be in a role where I could play a prostitute or a drug addict, because it's nice to be able to portray someone who is so far from you, which I love.

The characters I've played have been mostly violent, and I'm so far from being violent or aggressive. I spend a lot of time watching 'Fireman Sam' with my three-year-old son Louis.

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.

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

It is definitely a challenge to play Nathan, but the more different he is from myself, the more interesting the character becomes for me.

I think the buzz of acting is playing people different to you, and for me, that means traversing all genres.

I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.

I try to bring elements of my own personality to every character I've played, but I think I'm pretty similar to the character I'm playing now. The biggest departure would have to have been Freaks and Geeks Sara, who was this sort of subordinate and shy girl.

In the moment of acting you don't feel like anything, you feel like the person, as much as you can.

It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him.

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.

For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.

You have to play your characters, not like them.

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