Gretchen Mol Quotes

I always try to find some part of a character that exists in me and plug that in.

I think if a character appeals to you, there are certain parts of yourself will come to the fore and other parts that will play down.

Acting is usually regarded as a wholly narcissistic pursuit but there really is a hunger in me to unravel the human condition.

I think that I identify with my role in pretty much everything I have tried to do. I try to find something that I can understand about each character's behavior.

Every man sees a little of himself in Rhett Butler.

You are going to love some of your characters because they are you or some facet of you, and you are going to hate some of your characters for the same reason.

It's funny, people talk about the characters they play and who do you sort of see yourself as or which ones maybe were closest to you and in some ways.

I think there's a bit of me in every character. Basically it just depends on what happens with the character.

I don't really care if people like a character ornot; I think in life we don't always like everybody. But you haveto be able to understand them.

People with humility don't think less of themselves, they just think of themselves less.

In all my characters, I try to find an iota of myself, and in Castle, I found a lot. He gets away with a lot, so that's fun.

I look for characters that speak to something in me.

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

I recognize myself to a lesser or greater extent in everything I read, good and bad, and that's part of being a human being if you're honest enough. And obviously the darker parts are the things you don't let control you.

In terms of the characters I think are really fun to play, a lot of times it's someone in my head saying 'I know that woman.'

My character from 'Panda Eyes,' Fay, is the character I see myself in a lot.

I feel close to Lloyd in 'Say Anything'. He was like a super-interesting version of me. Only I'm not as good as him. Whatever part of me is romantic and optimistic, I reached into that to play Lloyd.

The mystery at the center of 'Burial Rites' is not who killed whom on the night of March 13, 1828. It is the mystery each of us encounters: Can we every truly know another? Can we ever truly know ourselves?

As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself.

The emotions you see when you watch 'Narcos,' they're pretty much my emotions and the way I would react if I were there. It's not something you create; all of us have everything inside ourselves.

I'm trying to look into each character and try to realize her as someone who is also me.

Every single character I've ever played has a little bit of me in them just because every single human in the world has a little bit of everything in them.

I think people will discover themselves in 'Ankahee.'

When I read, I don't need a character to look like me, act like me, or think like me. I don't need to have my heart broken. I don't need to be surprised or amused or challenged, and I don't need to swoon.

To me, acting used to be just, 'Get my face out there, get girls, make a little bit of money, make my mom proud.' It was just like sports. But there were moments in 'Moonlight' that I really felt like I had to know why he is the way he is. Or just people in general - why this person walks around with a frown on their face instead of a smile.