David Tennant Quotes

The best way to honor real people when you play them is to try to tell the story of their dynamics and the struggles that they're dealing with rather than lose sight of the connections and personal relationships, and do a really good job at an accent.

The only pressure, as an actor, is to step into Eric Carter's shoes and make him as fully and as complex and as flawed and as human as I could.

I guess you should approach the roles differently when they're actual people who have been, this is the difference. Getting the accent exact, or the hair exact is less important in a situation like this.

I just try not to look at any role as a comedic role or a dramatic role. I just try to stay in the movie I'm in.

'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didn't feel like I was playing myself. Whether it's a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible.

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.

As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance.

I like to build a character, trying to stretch my imagination as far to the walls of my brain as I can to come up with something that feels truthful and feels real - as close to the skin as I can get it.

You want to try and bring a character to life in an honest a way as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether he's a doctor, an actor, a car salesman or a captain of a starship. If you can bring truth and honesty to that character, then your audience will believe you.

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

I want to play characters that are interesting to watch.

I've given every maid I've portrayed soul and heart.

I like doing character movies. I like doing movies about personal situations; that's what I love about dealing with things.

Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

It's an actor's job to play all the human conditions - light, dark, and medium.

My job is to focus on bringing characters to life in an honest and personal way.

The closer a part is to you, the harder it is to play. Anything else is just imitation. If I'm playing a Russian countess, I get the hat, the accent, the outrageousness. Easy. Playing a murderess? Perfect.

I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether it's a man or a woman.

That's, to me, the ultimate goal - to disappear inside another character and bring them so fully to life that I've convinced other human beings that it's a real person.

I think the responsibility that any actor has is to bring some truth to the work.

Your job as an actor is to piece together whatever you've learned in your training, or whatever you have experienced in your life, to piece together a person.

As an actor, you can't just imitate someone. You have to get under her skin.

My approach is always the same. I try to be as honest as possible. Find the real honesty and humanity in the character because even a fictional character is supposed to feel real. And my job is to find that reality and bring it to the screen.

To portray a real-life character is the toughest job for an actor because one never knows which direction to flow.