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I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.
Karen Allen
Myself
Character
Me
Sometimes
Other
Side
Some
Conceal
Know
Been
Close
Roles
Different
Then
Show
Different Roles
Elements
Ever
Played
I'd like to see more Asian-American roles where the ethnicity of the character can be swapped to another. We can, of course, play the stereotypical ninja, the martial arts master, the accountant, the doctor, but we can be more than that!
Karen Fukuhara
Character
Doctor
Master
Ninja
See
Martial
Martial Arts
More
Stereotypical
Like
Another
Course
Accountant
Than
Roles
Arts
Where
Asian-American
Ethnicity
Play
I adore actors/actresses that have range: someone that can transform into a character that is far beyond who they truly are. Charlize Theron and Johnny Depp are amazing at this.
Karen Fukuhara
Character
Amazing
Range
Charlize Theron
Someone
Johnny
Adore
Johnny Depp
Beyond
Truly
Transform
Depp
Far
Who
I just feel so flattered, because the cosplayers really make sure every detail is there. I don't think I've ever cosplayed a character before, but if I were to, I'd probably go as a Klingon from 'Star Trek.'
Karen Gillan
Character
Before
Every
Think
Trek
Detail
Feel
Make
Sure
Because
Go
Were
Just
Flattered
Really
Star
Star Trek
Ever
Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I can step into that character's mind. It takes a kind of voluntary dissociation akin to method acting, military planning, marketing, or detective work: to think like the other guy and work out what he's going to do next.
Karen Traviss
Work
Character
Mind
Build
Own
Military
Think
Other
Marketing
Out
Kind
Licensed
Detective
Guy
My Own
Develop
He
Step
Voluntary
Takes
Like
Within
Method
Up
Going
Whether
Work Out
Next
Acting
Planning
Ground
Copyright
A novel can do something that films and TV usually can't - a glimpse inside the characters' heads. I write very tight third person point of view, so the reader is right behind the eyes of each character, seeing what they see and feeling what they feel.
Karen Traviss
Character
Eyes
Feeling
Films
Characters
TV
Inside
See
Seeing
Something
Point
Point Of View
Write
Feel
Glimpse
Heads
Reader
Tight
Very
Person
Behind
View
Novel
Each
Right
Third
Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
Karin Slaughter
Good
Character
Writing
World
Light
Crime
Mirror
Live
Telling
Darker
About
Writers
Know
Readers
Greater
Up
Reflects
Holds
Story
Which
I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist.
Karin Slaughter
Character
Never
Know
Exist
Person
Any
Certain
Based
'Paruthiveeran' was a difficult film to work on. It was my first film but a very strong character.
Karthi
Work
Character
Strong
First
Difficult
Strong Character
Very
Film
Actors usually feel skeptical about double hero films because one character might overshadow the other, but the late scriptwriter K. Subash has penned 'Karuppu Raja Vella Raja' in such a way that Vishal and I have equal scope in the film.
Karthi
Character
Hero
Films
Other
Late
Way
About
Feel
Equal
Because
Scope
Skeptical
Might
Double
Such A Way
Film
Actor
When 'Yuganiki Okkadu,' the Telugu dubbed version of 'Aayirathil Oruvan,' released, I didn't like dubbing for my character. Someone much older had done it, and it didn't have the flavour.
Karthi
Character
Older
Released
Telugu
Someone
Had
Like
Version
Done
Much
Rajini sir's character in 'Petta' is inspired from the same name from Tamil film 'Mullum Malarum.'
Karthik Subbaraj
Character
Inspired
Name
Sir
Same
Film
People automatically assume that because you're an actor, you're a blank canvas 24/7. But I can't wear what everyone else wears. If I went to an audition, I'd wear what the character would wear, but the moment I'm done with the audition or done filming, I go back into my high-waisteds.
Kat Graham
Character
You
People
Assume
Else
Back
Everyone
Everyone Else
Would
Wear
Wears
Blank
Blank Canvas
Because
Audition
Go
Done
Automatically
Canvas
Moment
Actor
Filming
The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That's probably not a very postmodern thing to say.
Kate Atkinson
Work
Good
Character
Me
Ending
Will
Everything
Say
Out
Bad
Would
Would-Be
Bad Character
Postmodern
Give
Writer
Fairy
Brain
Very
Legacy
Fiction
Story
Work Out
Hard
Good Character
Thing
Writing for me is quite a plastic form, a kind of mental sculpture, although that sounds weird. It acquires its character and its depth as it goes along.
Kate Atkinson
Character
Me
Writing
Kind
Mental
Weird
Along
Although
Sounds
Goes
Quite
Form
Depth
Sculpture
Plastic
I recurred on 'Grey's Anatomy' for three years, and at the same time, I recurred for eight episodes on 'Rescue Me'. And I'd recurred for nine episodes on 'The Practice'. Frankly, the guest star is often the most compelling character.
Kate Burton
Time
Character
Me
Three
Practice
Nine
Guest
Guest Star
Anatomy
Frankly
Most
Years
Same
Often
Same Time
Eight
Grey
Greys Anatomy
Episodes
Rescue
Star
Compelling
While massive datasets may feel very abstract, they are intricately linked to physical place and human culture. And places, like people, have their own individual character and grain.
Kate Crawford
Character
Culture
People
Own
Physical
Individual
Abstract
Feel
Like
Massive
Linked
Very
May
Human
Grain
Place
While
Places
I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.
Kate DiCamillo
Character
Mercy
Whatever
Head
I like all of the books I work on to be ones you can pick up without knowing the entire history of the character, because then, not only can you enjoy it as is, but it encourages you to look into the history of that character and their world.
Kate Leth
Work
Character
History
You
World
Enjoy
Books
Entire
Only
Pick
Like
Look
Knowing
Because
Without
Encourages
Up
The History Of
Then
My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.
Kate Winslet
Love
Day
Character
End Of The Day
Job
Absolutely
Part
Because
Understand
Understood
Ultimately
End
Did
Any
Actress
Her
Playing
Profoundly
I think every character I play has a physicality to them, so I have to stay in some sort of shape. I'll never be a size two. And I don't want to be a size two.
Katee Sackhoff
Character
Every
Think
Stay
Some
Physicality
Shape
Never
Sort
Size
Want
Them
Play
Two
If a character is supposed to be hated, my goal is to make her the most hated person on the show.
Katee Sackhoff
Character
Hated
Supposed
Most
Make
Goal
Person
Show
Her
I think what we've been able to do with 'Longmire' is balance this procedural with a bit of a soap opera, and it's a character study of this character, Walt Longmire, and the people around him.
Katee Sackhoff
Character
Balance
People
Think
Bit
Able
Study
Opera
Him
Around
Been
Walt
Procedural
Soap
Soap Opera
So they've actually - it's not that her character is a singer, but she had ambition to do that at an earlier time in her life. So I've actually sung two or three times now on the show.
Katey Sagal
Life
Time
Character
Three
Ambition
Sung
Had
Singer
She
Times
Show
Now
Her
Actually
Earlier
Two
I've never played a character that would sing.
Katey Sagal
Character
Would
Never
Sing
Played
I always had a struggle, which I still do, when you're playing a character and it's not necessarily your morals or your values. You're playing a character, but the way the media will sometimes ask you if these are your opinions, you know - they make you responsible for that, and I take issue with it because I don't believe in censorship.
Katey Sagal
Character
You
Struggle
Sometimes
Censorship
Will
Values
Believe
Way
Responsible
Morals
Take
Had
Know
Make
Because
Always
Opinions
Still
Issue
Which
Ask
Your
Media
Necessarily
Playing
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