Kat Graham Quotes

An actor can change himself to fit a part, whereas a personality has to change the part to fit himself. The personality has to say it his own way.

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.

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

I'm the kind of person who, as much as I like clothes in real life because it's a fun expression of who you are and everybody kind of enjoys wearing things that make them...well, in movies you're wearing things that aren't necessarily the things you would choose to put on or wear.

Every role you do is kind of a side of yourself. That's why they give you the part.

I'm an actor, that's what I do every day. Dressing up is part of my job. But whatever you wear you should always be yourself: never go totally with the fashion but use what there is available to be an individual.

It's fun to be an actor and dress up, but I'm happy being me and just loving accepting my personal style.

As an actor, you try to put a little bit of yourself in everything you do.

Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours.

A lot of film stars are just playing themselves in different frocks.

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

I don't think anyone can do any character that doesn't have at least some ounce of themselves in it. You are who you are, and your brain is drawing on things that you've experienced.

I play a lot of hard men and gangsters, and I'm not like that at all.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant to be here representing myself. I'm happier when I'm presenting myself as other characters.

One of my favourite parts of acting is the clothes that you get to wear, because it's very important.

When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are.

The best thing an actor can bring to a role is himself - that's no secret.

My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I'm much more expressive off stage.

I think each person you play has a little bit of you in it - you can't really help that.

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.

There is a lot of myself in every character that I play.

I try to bring my own style to a role, but I can't change how people think of me.

When I play a gay character, I want to be as believable as possible. And when I'm playing a straight character, I also want to be as believable as possible. So the less that people know about my personal life, the more believable I can be as a character.

Every character I play is me.