Chin Han Quotes

I don't find intimate scenes more difficult than other scenes.

I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.

The thing I've come to learn is that what's great about small independent films is the intimacy and the communication that occurs when you're making them.

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.

You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally.

I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.

I really love the independent movies and I just think that sometimes when they throw a lot of money into it and a lot of special effects and a lot of stunts that you lose the connection, the human connection and I personally love movies that are about the human connection.

As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.

Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it. Either the character helps you discover that element of you or the other way around, where that element of you helps you discover the character.

Capturing intimacy is pretty much the only thing I'm interested in. That's what excites me and what I find beautiful in movies personally - that almost obscene sense that we shouldn't be this close to these people. I find that very inviting and meaningful as an audience member.

There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.

I love working with the actors eye-to-eye. I think something gets lost in translation, not only through a monitor, but when you leave the area where the actual scene is taking place.

A lot of people think I'm that guy in 'Betsy's Wedding', but I'm not. What it is for me is that, on some level, I connect with the character emotionally.

The sexy moments for me, I wasn't thinking of them as sexy. I was thinking of them as more specific to my character. So it was necessary for my character's development in the movie, so that's how I played it.

I like to think I put some of myself in every character.

Every time I talk about 'The Shield' I kind of talk about it from three perspectives, as if I'm three people, because I'm a fan of the show. I'm in love with all the other characters and their journeys and their work. But then, as an actor, I love getting this kind of rich material and having to do it. As my character, did my journey finish?

Some actors can distance themselves from the parts they play, but I fall into the category who use bits of themselves.

As a viewer, I love watching movies. There has to be an emotional connection.

Even The Impostors, as silly as it is, is a very intimate film, in a way.

I don't like parties. I prefer something more intimate, just for the closest people.

'Swingers' was a little closer to what my real experience was. 'Crazy Eyes,' whoever's experience that is, I'm telling you what, that was one heck of a ride.

I like to believe that intimate moments between characters don't need to be relegated to independent films.

When I saw 'Talk to Her' for the first time, I was crying out loud because I couldn't imagine that I was doing that film.

The movies that are really big, at least in my experience, oftentimes don't have characters that I feel as personally connected to.