Jonathan Majors Quotes

A man trusts another man when he sees enough of himself in him.

I think it's necessary to identify with anything - with any character you play, there's got to be something in common, so you can link up to that person, even if it's like one tiny thing. But it's equally fun to play somebody completely different, and trying to find what that thing is to make it.

You want people - I want people to relate to me as a character. I want them to go, 'That could have been me,' or, 'I know someone like that.'

Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.

I just look for characters I can relate to.

Well, it's probably not something I'm conscious of, but I do gravitate towards characters that are kind of like me.

I try to find some similarities between myself and the characters, even if it's the tiniest thing.

I loved playing Shaun, he's not that different from me.

Ron was always my favorite character, because I feel like I relate to him, like we've both got red hair, we both like sweets, we've both got lots of brothers and sisters.

The Big Chill is one of those things that everybody can identify with. Between eight characters, they can pick somebody who's somewhat like them.

It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.

I like Penny. She's cool. Yeah, she dates some idiots, but, although, so have I. So yeah, I would be friends with her. We'd have a lot to talk about.

We have much more in common with other people than we have apart.

If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.

I like characters who remind me of someone I know.

The audience likes a speaker with the same weakness and the same virtues that they themselves have.

It's nice to feel like you have more in common with people rather than more differences.

I wanted to get people to feel where I'm coming from and connect with people who are feeling the same way that I am.

Somewhere, the audience relates to my characters and their vulnerability. I believe they see themselves in me.

If I see something in somebody, if it's something similar in my shot, I feel like it's the same type of thing in life. People who tell you what to do all the time or have all the answers for you, it's like, 'OK, whatever.' But if you've gone through something in life, you can speak to something a little more.

When you are given a character, there are times when you can relate to two out of 10 things of the character, and then there are times when you can relate to eight out of 10 things.

I wanted to find people who were like me, and I did, in the people I was reading.

People always loved best what they identified most with.

The thing that's between us is fascination, and the fascination resides in our being alike. Whether you're a man or a woman, the fascination resides in finding out that we're alike.

Finally, I have someone that's like me. My other two pupils were the opposite sides of the moon. But this guy is on the same side of the moon, is on the same planet that I'm on.