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There's a wonderful adage in acting that you're stuck with the character, but the character is also stuck with you. Jeffrey Tambor
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When I was growing up, there was a character on TV; there was a character stereotype: it was personified by Mel on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.' Jeffrey Tambor
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You want to feel, 'I know that character.' Jeffrey Tambor
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Expressing political opinion can be a powerful way to establish a character's voice when writing fiction. Jen Lancaster
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If I were to run for president, then people would debate the pros and cons of what's wrong with me in increasingly aggressive 140 character tweets and Facebook status updates, and, inevitably, everyone would end up fighting. Jen Lancaster
Character Me Facebook People Debate Aggressive Fighting Increasingly President Everyone Run Status Would Pros Wrong Inevitably Were End Up Then Tweets Cons
Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment. Jenna Elfman
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It was the most pleasurable thing I've ever done, playing this character, and I just remember feeling so at home and so - I don't know, I was just happy - and it just wasn't ever work! It was like a sandbox for me, and I would crack myself up rehearsing. Jenna Elfman
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Sometimes I like to think it would be nice if you just had a character, and your personal life was your personal life. My life is definitely out there, you know? Jenna Marbles
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It's all about being comfortable, being easy and having you be able to wear something and not having it wear you. It's classic. Every time I've tried to be bold and crazy, I feel like a Japanese animated cartoon character. Jennifer Aniston
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Oftentimes what happens is that the writer understands one character, but they don't understand the other one, and the other one ends up not being written as well. Jennifer Beals
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If you're playing a character that someone doesn't like, that's okay, but if you're voicing your own opinions, they actually don't like you! Jennifer Coolidge
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I know what I am capable of. I read a character, and if I can say to myself, 'I know this woman,' then I take the role. Jennifer Coolidge
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Being able to stay with a character over the course of years is a gift. Jennifer Hale
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The truth is that, to me, a likeable character is a character that is really flawed, so I don't know what people mean when they say 'likable.' Jennifer Konner
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People will fight hard for something they want or something they don't want, that they don't believe a character would do. Jennifer Konner
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But really, for the most part - doing a prequel is great because you do have room to kind of free this character and how they got to where they are instead of being a slave to exactly what the previous actor did. Jennifer Lawrence
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So I sat down with him and portrayed more the side of the character he needed to see. Which is what I do when I go in for an interview for a part I like. As much as you think you're dealing with creative people, they see you for what your image is out there. Jennifer Lopez
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At the heart of every story is conflict - whether external or internal, make it a good one, and remember that this problem is going to shape your character, leaving her forever changed. Jennifer McMahon
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One exercise I always do when I'm getting to know a character is ask her to tell me her secrets. Sit down with a pen and paper, and start with, 'I never told anybody...' and go from there, writing in the voice of your character. Jennifer McMahon
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I'm a natural blonde, but my hair has been almost every color you can imagine. As an actor, I like to get into my character as much as I can, and often that starts with the color of my hair. Jennifer Morrison
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I always think about race as a part of one's identity, not the whole of one's identity. You don't want it to be the defining characteristic of a character. There has to be more. Jenny Han
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It really helps me to get into the character of the record when I have a designated look. It just really simplifies things for me. Jenny Lewis
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I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a way that I'm perhaps too timid to do in real life. Jenny Offill
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Don't think twice. If it's a character that you feel compelled to play and story that you feel needs to be told, don't think twice. Jenny Slate
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I really love the idea of stepping into another character and being able to sing maybe stuff that is not my thought and my own opinions, but be able to portray someone else and take a walk in their shoes for a while. Jens Lekman
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Comedy, drama, Westerns, sci-fi... it's all fine if the story's compelling and the character is interesting to me. I do like action a lot. Jensen Ackles
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