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The tendency in comedy is to have a character who's stupid get more stupid, because you're trying to top yourself and not just repeat.
Matt Groening
Character
You
Yourself
Comedy
Stupid
Top
More
Tendency
Because
Repeat
Get
Trying
Just
One thing I have to admit, regardless of what my character thinks, is that EC3 is a very talented individual. He is going to be a cornerstone of Impact Wrestling for a long time.
Matt Hardy
Time
Character
Long
Long Time
Cornerstone
One Thing
Impact
Admit
Wrestling
Individual
He
Talented
Very
Going
Regardless
Thing
Thinks
My character on 'Orange is the New Black' is not one that requires being absolutely shredded with 5% body fat. But I wouldn't be opposed to doing that for a role one day.
Matt McGorry
Day
Character
Black
One Day
Absolutely
New
Doing
Opposed
Role
Orange
Being
Body
Body Fat
Requires
Fat
The way I approach any role, whether it's comedy or drama, I like to look for the truth first. I think comedy for the sake of comedy wears dull pretty quickly. You have to ground the character in reality first and allow the audience to sympathize, emphasize and be more invested.
Matt McGorry
Truth
Character
You
Reality
Comedy
First
Think
Sympathize
Drama
Approach
Way
Wears
Pretty
More
Invested
Allow
Emphasize
Like
Look
Audience
Sake
Dull
Quickly
Role
Any
Whether
Ground
We're used to boy meets girl, boy likes girl, instant attraction on TV. But you throw a son in there, you throw a marriage in there, and you've got some really good character stuff.
Matt Passmore
Good
Character
You
Marriage
Son
Girl
Meets
TV
Some
Throw
Instant
Stuff
Attraction
Likes
Boy
Got
Really
Used
Good Character
I'm constantly trying to mine the DNA of John Constantine and stay true to that character in the comic books.
Matt Ryan
Character
Books
Mine
Stay
Constantly
John
Stay True
True
Comic
Comic Books
Trying
I spent a lot of time in Chicago at a place called The Annoyance Theater, where we would develop one-act plays through improv, and you would just improvise scenes and then discover something about the character and use it in the next scene.
Matt Walsh
Time
Character
You
Improvise
Spent
Would
About
Something
Scene
Scenes
Through
Develop
Annoyance
Discover
Lot
Chicago
Improv
Just
Where
Place
Theater
Then
Next
Use
Plays
After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and working within Days of Our Lives, has been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my career.
Matthew Ashford
Character
Other
Our
Our Lives
Has-Been
Days
Most
Within
Doing
Been
Trying
Going
Going Away
Experiences
After
Working
Shows
Away
Lives
Enjoyable
Things
Career
I'm very opinionated, and when you're put in a position where you're getting the storylines that are not necessarily what's cranking at the back of your mind, or digging at the potential of your character and you have to sit on your hands, that's frustrating.
Matthew Davis
Character
You
Mind
Sit
Digging
Back
Potential
Put
Opinionated
Very
Hands
Getting
Where
Cranking
Frustrating
Your
Necessarily
Position
Initially, I had started doing theater, where the actor has a direct relationship to the audience. So, moving into film and television disconnected me. When you do a film, you start to get the character, and then it disappears for a year before it's released and you get feedback.
Matthew Davis
Character
Me
Relationship
You
Feedback
Year
Before
Released
Television
Direct
Had
Disappears
Audience
Disconnected
Doing
Get
Where
Theater
Moving
Then
Initially
Film
Actor
Film And Television
Start
Started
I'm an actor. I try to play a character in a really cool story, the very best I can.
Matthew Fox
Best
Character
Try
Very
Story
Really
Cool
Actor
Play
Filmmaking is always sort of building a mosaic of this arc of what the character is going through.
Matthew Fox
Character
Building
Arc
Through
Mosaic
Sort
Always
Going
Filmmaking
My favourite actors have always been the character actors.
Matthew Gray Gubler
Character
Favourite
Always
Been
Actor
Thing is, I'm a funny actor, but I'm not good at being funny. I'm going to ramble for a second: I'm an actor who can make things funny in the moment, like in stakes or in circumstances or out of character.
Matthew Lillard
Funny
Good
Character
Circumstances
Out
Like
Make
Going
Being
Being Funny
Stakes
Moment
Who
Actor
Thing
Things
Second
Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of acting.
Matthew Lillard
Character
Past
Wayside
Through
Caliber
Becoming
Going
Just
Cutting
Acting
Actor
Thing
There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier.
Matthew Macfadyen
Character
You
Unless
Boring
Concern
Always
Your
Swinging
Actor
I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.
Matthew Macfadyen
Character
Guess
Character Actor
More
Lead
Feel
Like
Romantic
Romantic Lead
Actor
On a TV show, you don't know where the character is going.
Matthew Morrison
Character
You
TV
TV Show
Know
Going
Where
Show
If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.
Matthew Simpson
Faith
Character
Knowledge
Power
Must
Give
More
More Power
Through
How
How Much
Human
Gain
Agency
Then
Much
Elevation
A little girl thought I was mean like my character on 'Zoey,' and I convinced her that 'Logan' is just a fake character and I am really a nice guy.
Matthew Underwood
Character
Thought
Girl
Nice
Guy
Like
Fake
Am
Just
Little
Mean
Little Girl
Really
Convinced
Nice Guy
Her
I believe how a character eventually turns out is completely attributable to an actor. Even with a meaty role, if I am enacting it as an accessory, I will look like an accessory.
Mawra Hocane
Character
Will
Believe
Out
Like
Look
Attributable
How
Accessory
Am
Role
Turns
Even
Actor
Eventually
A volume of stories, bereft of continuity in plot and character, is often unified only by the writer's obsessiveness.
Max Apple
Character
Bereft
Plot
Only
Writer
Volume
Continuity
Often
Stories
Unified
Well, I am a lot like my dad, and the character of Ted is based on my dad.
Max Cannon
Character
Like
Well
Am
Lot
Dad
Based
Ted
With acting, I've got a character to inhabit. You've got to think about your intentions and your directions. In modeling, even though there's an act to it, a good model is a good model. For me it's uncomfortable territory. You start to feel quite insecure about yourself. There's nothing between you and the camera, and it's just you.
Max Irons
Good
Character
Me
You
Yourself
Nothing
Think
Though
Insecure
About
Directions
Uncomfortable
Feel
Between
Territory
Got
Camera
Model
Modeling
Quite
Just
Intentions
Inhabit
Act
Acting
Your
Even
Start
What it comes down to is I don't mind if Superman kills people because he has no reason not to kill people. I know that one of the tenets of the character is that he doesn't, but the reason that he doesn't is because having that much power makes you responsible for weaker people.
Max Landis
Character
You
People
Mind
Superman
Power
Down
Weaker
Responsible
Having
No Reason
He
Know
Because
Makes
Much
Reason
Often, when I am playing difficult roles, I have a problem sleeping because I can't leave the character behind.
Maxine Peake
Character
Problem
Difficult
Sleeping
Because
Am
Leave
Roles
Often
Behind
Playing
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