Tim Daly Quotes

As long as I can wear a wig I can be any character, and in real life I can be myself.

I just feel that God gave me a certain gift, and that was to go out, do storytelling and be an actor. And my responsibility with that gift is to do the best job possible and to re-create real life.

In Hollywood, you're always playing roles... It's like going through the motions. But in real life, it's like, you gotta take care of business. It's not just the movies.

'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didn't feel like I was playing myself. Whether it's a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible.

Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.

I like to build a character, trying to stretch my imagination as far to the walls of my brain as I can to come up with something that feels truthful and feels real - as close to the skin as I can get it.

The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting.

Who I am on stage is just an amped up version of who I am in real life.

When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role.

But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and be a nicer person in real life.

I think I'm a part of all the characters I play, definitely at different times in my life. In real life, I'm kind of a tomboy. I like to read a lot I like watching T.V. I don't think I'm as interesting as my characters, but I like doing what I do.

I love playing these characters that are crazy tough, though. Because I am not in real life. Not at all.

I've played so many jobs where I'm fearless, but it's far from me. I wish I were like that in real life.

It's hard to actually take details from your personal life and apply them a scene because, as much as you can identify with a feeling, you just get muddled. As soon as you start bringing your own stuff in, it's like, 'No, that's not right.' You're playing a different person. You can relate, but you have to leave that stuff at the door.

An actor's job is to embrace emotions and situations that in real life we spend all of our time running away from.

I think, first of all, every time you want to play somebody who is real is always challenging and always scary, because you are given a responsibility of someone's real life.

I'm a very happy-go-lucky lover of all mankind as a person in real life. So when I play a darker character, I have to tap into something that isn't my natural way, and what I found was that I think human beings have the potential for all of these emotions.

In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.

My job playing Sam Malone was to let the audience in, to love my bar full of people. And that informed my life.

I tend to play more true-to-life characters in real situations.

I want to try and portray characters that are in real life, that you see day-to-day. If I were to just stay in my little village in Wales, I would have gotten a very small taste of a very big plate.

I'm supposed to convince you, for two hours, that I'm somebody else. Now if you know everything about my life, if you think you've got me figured out and you think you know all my dark secrets, how am I ever going to convince you that I'm somebody else?

The closer a part is to you, the harder it is to play. Anything else is just imitation. If I'm playing a Russian countess, I get the hat, the accent, the outrageousness. Easy. Playing a murderess? Perfect.

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

I feel that Sarkar is a realistic superman in his life.