Johnny Vegas Quotes

I think good acting is always character acting.

There's this whole list of old personalities that I can act, as corny as that sounds, or as method actor as that sounds.

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

I'm a character actress. I'm the girl next door, the aunt, the quirky cousin. You have to innately know who you are and be happy with that.

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

That's what acting is about - for me, at least - tackling different personas and characters.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment.

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

Any good actor is a character actor.

You have to be talentedly insecure in order to be a good actress. And then it's the director's job to make you more miserable and get a good take.

I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.

I suppose I've got a reputation for playing quite extreme characters and making them quite believable.

I find it quite easy to get in and out of character. I don't know why - I guess it's my job.

I will never forget the pleasure and instruction I derived from working with a true master of his art, such as Edward G. Robinson was - and is. Surely his record for versatility, studied characterization - ranging from modern colloquial to the classics - and artistic integrity is unsurpassed.

I love what I do. And in the true sense, from my training, I try to create a character each time. It is something I do. But I don't want that term to limit what I can do. I prefer people to say to me, 'You're one of my favorite actors,' rather than 'You're one of my favorite character actors.' It sounds like a slam.

I guess every actor has certain emotions they can access easier than others.

Some actors are brilliant character guys. They submerge.

To me, there are things you're good at and things you're not so good at. For some reason, I'm good at darker characters. It has to do with how you look.

The idea of an actor is that you should be able to play anything.

I realise that certain actors project their own image onto the screen - those who are the same on as they are off. But I've never had the necessary statistics to be able to do that sort of thing, and so, anyway, I always wanted to be a character actor.

I don't watch anything of mine much. I haven't gone to drama school, or college, either. I just like to watch other actors in action. I learned so much from working with De Niro. I'd be in a scene with him where I was supposed to be acting, and I was just watching.

Though I'm considered a leading man, I still consider myself a character actor. Because acting, to me, is creating a character, not playing the same thing all the time.

I think younger fans can't quite grasp that's what you do as an actor. They're like, 'It doesn't make sense. How can he talk like this when he talks like that on the show!' It's really cute, actually.