Background Story Quotes

Every time when I start preparing my character for a movie, I always try to make up and create my own background story for the role in order to fill it with life.

Any important series like 'Game of Thrones' or 'The Walking Dead' base their product around the characters and their background.

I didn't grow up wanting to be an actor, and I didn't go to acting school.

I create each character as an individual, coming from a certain place, sounding a certain way, having been introduced to things a certain way.

My background was in performing originally.

I'm not an engineer. I did not study engineering in school. But I was a super ambitious student growing up.

So yo then man what's your story?

I think hopefully as you're getting older you're getting parts that require more preparation, and by that I just mean - I don't know, usually the older you get you get characters with more responsibility. Each one is different, there are certain movies that when the guy starts you pretty much come with that character on page one and then you see their growth, whereas other guys a lot has happened before that movie starts and you have to come in with something.

I've got a very interesting background.

Some people don't like telling about personal life. I don't like it, either, but you want to tell the fans where I'm growing up, how I did it, who supports me - see my house, my family. It's nice.