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I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.
Clive Owen
Character
Better
Sit
Think
Months
About
Couple
Around
Lot
I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.
Clive Owen
Character
You
Treat
Fighting
Action
Something
Scene
Still
Dialogue
Same
Any
Creating
Acting
The humanitarian developers behind World of Warcraft have also discovered a way to bribe gamers into turning off their computers and going outside. If you log off for a few days, your character will be more 'rested' when you resume playing, a mode that temporarily speeds up your leveling.
Clive Thompson
Character
You
Resume
World
Will
Few
Gamers
Speeds
Way
Log
Rested
Temporarily
More
Outside
Computers
Developers
Days
Also
Discovered
Off
Up
Mode
Going
Behind
Warcraft
Turning
Your
Bribe
Humanitarian
Leveling
Playing
When I got the script for 'Winter Soldier,' I was so excited to see that my character finally gets to punch somebody! So I took tae kwon do three times a week. I wanted to feel like I could hold my own in a roomful of superheroes.
Cobie Smulders
Character
Winter
Three
Somebody
Own
Took
Punch
Soldier
Finally
See
Superheroes
My Own
Week
Could
Excited
Feel
Like
Got
Times
Gets
Wanted
Hold
Script
Roomful
I really like the character of Jack Reacher - I thought he was interesting.
Cobie Smulders
Character
Thought
He
Like
Jack
Interesting
Really
Joss Whedon, he is really hands-on, and he wants every character to have a life on and off screen.
Cobie Smulders
Life
Character
Every
On And Off
He
Off
Hands-On
Screen
Wants
Really
I've tried to shut myself off as much as possible from the hype of 'War Horse,' and just thought, 'OK, I'm going to focus on the character and focus on the story and focus on what I have to do.'
Cody Fern
War
Myself
Character
Focus
Thought
Hype
OK
Possible
Tried
Horse
Off
Going
Just
Story
Much
Shut
I don't know how to play a character unless I love him.
Cody Fern
Love
Character
Unless
Know
Him
How
Play
I have never had more fun in my life playing a character than I've had playing Michael Langdon. He's so delicious. He's so layered and complicated.
Cody Fern
Life
Character
Complicated
My Life
More
Delicious
Layered
Never
Had
He
Michael
Than
Fun
Playing
Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human being or because I'm an Irishman or both.
Colin Farrell
Character
Human Being
Pain
Melancholy
Easier
Seems
Both
Know
Because
Irishman
Human
Being
Portray
Anything that's different from your own realm of experience as a human being, whether it's driving a car or a boat, or using guns, anything that separates you from yourself and leads you more towards this character's existence is a big help.
Colin Farrell
Character
You
Experience
Yourself
Human Being
Car
Big
Own
Guns
More
Driving
Towards
Leads
Existence
Human
Being
Different
Anything
Whether
Boat
Realm
Separates
Your
Help
Using
If I had auditioned for 'Merlin' on magic alone, I don't think I'd have got it. Like any kid, I probably had a magic kit, but it's not something I ever pursued. I've never watched a magic show like David Copperfield or used him to base my character on, but I really like David Blaine and Darren Brown. They are doing wonders.
Colin Morgan
Alone
Character
Think
Kid
Magic
Brown
Something
Kit
Pursued
David
Never
Had
Like
Him
Got
Doing
Any
Wonders
Really
Used
Show
Base
Ever
Watched
I always look for the character that gets into your guts and tells you, 'You have to play this.' You have to be brave enough to let everything else go and let the character guide you. When I read a script, I look for that kind of pull.
Colin Morgan
Character
You
Be Brave
Enough
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Guide
Kind
Tells
Guts
Look
Read
Always
Go
Brave
Gets
Script
Your
Play
Pull
I love the challenge of having one character who is traveling back in time to find someone. Nowadays, the only way we think to find someone is on Facebook.
Colin Trevorrow
Love
Time
Character
Facebook
Challenge
Nowadays
Think
Back
Way
Find
Someone
Having
Only
Who
Traveling
There's no need for a female character that does things like a male character; that's not what makes interesting female characters in my view.
Colin Trevorrow
Character
Characters
Like
Female
Makes
Does
Female Character
Female Characters
Male
Interesting
View
Things
Need
Costume, hair and makeup can tell you instantly, or at least give you a larger perception of who a character is. It's the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth, so it really does establish who they are.
Colleen Atwood
Character
You
Perception
Hair
First
Before
Mouth
Tell
Give
Costume
Open
Instantly
First Impression
Does
Makeup
Least
Impression
Establish
Really
Who
Larger
The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story.
Colleen Atwood
Character
Determines
Costume
He
Feel
Story
Who
Helps
Actor
Serve
Right
I design for the movie and the character as well as the person wearing the costume. I show the ideas to the actor, then do fittings for shape and technical things such as movement in the costume. Once the costume in this form is on the actor, you have a sense of their connection with it. I then take it to the next level with the final fit.
Colleen Atwood
Character
You
Sense
Design
Final
Once
Wearing
Costume
Shape
Take
Ideas
Well
Fit
Person
Movement
Movie
Form
Then
Next
Next Level
Show
Connection
Actor
Technical
Technical Things
Level
Things
Miranda's my character; I created her! But there's a lot of comedy I want to bring to the world that isn't just Miranda.
Colleen Ballinger
Character
World
Comedy
Lot
Just
Want
Created
Her
Bring
The best thing as a director is being able to be part of the thing that's so cool about a TV show, like running a character arc over six episodes or multiple series.
Colm McCarthy
Best
Character
Director
TV
Running
TV Show
Arc
Able
About
Part
Over
Like
Six
Being
Episodes
Show
Cool
Multiple
Series
Thing
Describe character using dialogue. Describe character using what the characters see or do or think, but not what they had done or where they had been.
Colm Toibin
Character
Think
Characters
See
Had
Dialogue
Been
Done
Where
Using
Describe
When I work with a character like Valjean on stage, I get totally absorbed in that man. I become that man. But there's always, outside of that, the third eye, which watches what you're doing. And you can say to yourself, 'I'm crying well' or 'I'm being angry well.' But there's always that element there, and it never stops.
Colm Wilkinson
Work
Angry
Character
You
Man
Yourself
Become
Stage
Say
Eye
Totally
Outside
Never
Absorb
Like
Crying
Well
Always
Doing
Get
Stops
Being
Which
Element
Watches
Third
I recently did a play, Athol Fugard's 'Coming Home' at Long Wharf Theatre, where I played one character throughout - I sat at a table and didn't have any costume changes. Following one character's arc from beginning to end is a whole different mindset.
Colman Domingo
Home
Character
Theatre
Long
Beginning
Changes
Mindset
Arc
Table
Following
Costume
Throughout
Coming
Coming Home
End
Did
Any
Where
Different
Sat
Whole
Play
Played
Recently
Doing multiple character work is athletic in every way - vocally, physically, spiritually, and mentally. With a show like 'Passing Strange,' I usually lose about 12 pounds.
Colman Domingo
Work
Character
Strange
Lose
Every
Way
Athletic
About
Physically
Mentally
Spiritually
Pounds
Like
Passing
Doing
Show
Multiple
With films, you completely immerse yourself in a character, get into who they are, live it and then release it.
Columbus Short
Character
You
Yourself
Live
Films
Release
Immerse
Get
Then
Who
TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories.
Connie Nielsen
Character
You
Together
Animal
Writing
Smart
Political
Character Development
TV
Directing
Emotional
Development
Days
Different
Different Animal
Stories
In-Depth
Really
Bring
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