“A lot of people ask, "What do you pull on in your own life from your character?" In all honesty, it's not something that really works that way for me. I tend to look at these things as an imaginative process and a challenge of imagination and empathy, to some degree. I get much more out of meeting people who have lived these lives than I do digging around in my own limited experiences.” PeopleWayLooksCharacterAsksProcessImaginationChallengesMy OwnHonestyDegreesEmpathyMeetingsImaginativeDigging Author:Edward Norton
“It's a challenge to work a character's arc into a format in which you only have a very limited amount of time to grow and develop a character.” CharacterGrowsChallengesAmountFormatArcs Author:Ginnifer Goodwin
“Being a dramatic character was more difficult for me. It was a new thing that I explored because it was challenging. But I love to challenge myself and different things.” DifferentCharacterDifficultChallengesDramaticDifferent ThingsNew Things Author:Omar Sy
“I'm always intrigued by new challenges and things that I've never done before and new experiences. It sounds so simple, but the primary interest is just something that's good and instills within me some kind of gut feeling that feels like something that I'm passionate and excited about, and there can be multiple variables that can instill that. It can be simply a filmmaker, it can just be a character, it can just be the script, or a combination of all those things. But, I'm always just looking to do things that I've never done before, primarily.” FeelsKindDoneCharacterFeelingsSoundInterestChallengesSimpleScriptsPassionateExcitedPrimariesCombinationFilmmakerGutsMultipleLike SomethingIntriguedVariablesNew ExperiencesInstillNew ChallengesGut Feelings Author:Elijah Wood
“The real challenge of acting for me, I suppose, is just getting to know a character very, very well and just applying what I know about them to every single scene. That's what it can be broken down to.” KnowsWellsRealCharacterChallengesActingBrokenSceneBroken Down Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“It's my chance to challenge myself to the fullest, which is one of the great joys about my job... I love it when a character requires me to look less than my red-carpet best. It's more fun playing a character that requires you to look like dog s - t.” LooksCharacterJobsJoyFunChallengesChanceDogRedCarpetRed CarpetGreat Joy Author:Kate Winslet
“I wanted to play incredibly challenging, multifaceted characters. Because we are all a puzzle.” PlayCharacterWantedChallengesPuzzles Author:Kate Winslet
“I think my biggest problem, though, at least in drafts, is not repeating myself. After eight books I get worried that a character or piece of dialog might be too much like something I've already done. So it's a challenge to keep it fresh.” ThinkingBookDoneCharacterProblemMightChallengesToo MuchPiecesEightWorriedLike Something Author:Sarah Dessen
“Finding places to perform was definitely the biggest challenge. Trying to find my voice over the years was a big thing because when I started I was just doing characters and impressions and that was it.” TryingYearsCharacterBigsVoiceChallengesFindingsImpressionBig ThingsVoice Over Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“I think people are drawn to characters that break the rules. I think there is something about a good person doing bad things for what they consider to be a good reason. Then the battle is on to almost prove to the audience that it's justified. How far can you go with that? How far can that character go before people won't accept it? Trying to walk to edge of that line is a challenge.” PeopleThinkingTryingPersonsReasonCharacterChallengesLinesWalksAcceptingBreakAudienceBattleProveEdgesBad ThingsJustifiedGood Person Author:Steven Knight
“I think it would be a great challenge to work on a military game which featured a female lead character. Since female soldiers are now being allowed on the frontlines, we're actually in danger of reality overtaking games!” ThinkingCharacterRealityWould BeGamesChallengesMilitaryDangerFemaleSoldierFrontlineLead CharactersOvertaking Author:Rhianna Pratchett
“With Eclipse, I felt like I was doing a completely different movie and a completely different character. So, yeah, it was nice and challenging.” DifferentCharacterFeltChallengesNiceYeahEclipseDifferent Characters Author:Robert Pattinson
“I personally kind of yearn to play characters who are complex and who strike a truthful chord in me and who are challenged in some way and, I guess, who kind of move through those challenges.” WayKindPlayCharacterMovingChallengesComplexesStrikesTruthfulChords Author:Toni Collette
“I want to play challenging characters. You should never be satisfied.” WantShouldPlayCharacterChallengesSatisfied Author:Bryan Greenberg
“It's always hard but the reality is, especially in my case, that every time I go to work I have to do it so it's become part of the job. It's an extra challenge but it's also quite often another extra tool that you have to really think consciously about getting into the character. So while it does require more work, it's maybe even an advantage to a degree because it forces you to switch, to consciously have to jump into and out of the character.” ThinkingDoeHardCharacterRealityJobsForceChallengesCasesDegreesAdvantageToolsExtrasWorking It Author:Eric Bana
“Definitely the script because you want to be part of an interesting story, you want your character to be a challenge, then comes the director. But essentially it's the script first and whether it's a character that you think you can do.” ThinkingWantFirstsCharacterStoriesCan DoChallengesInterestingDirectorsScriptsInteresting Stories Author:Eric Bana
“I love playing real people. It's a huge challenge and responsibility which I take on board and which I relish. It also scares me to death. Give me a totally fictional character and I don't have the same sort of responsibility. If, though, I play Sigmund Freud or Robert Maxwell or whoever then there is a responsibility.” PeopleIfsGivingRealPlayCharacterChallengesResponsibilityHugeGive MeBoardsScareRelishFictional CharacterMaxwell Author:David Suchet
“It was great to do August Rush and have all the challenges of playing that character, especially the American accent for the first time and also playing the guitar and the conducting I had to do.” FirstsCharacterChallengesFirst TimeGuitarAccentsAugustConducting Author:Freddie Highmore
“I seem to have been cast several several times to do it. I think in this one, Phoenix is not purely evil. She was in the comic books at some point but the way the writers created her or we always talked about her, was that she was torn with her powers taking over and trying to control them at the same time. It was challenging to play which made it interesting for me to play this character.” ThinkingWayTryingHas BeensMadeBookPlayCharacterSeemsEvilChallengesInterestingCastsMade ItComicComic BookTornPhoenix Author:Famke Janssen
“The deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away. It's more challenging to me, but it's also just interesting. Those are the things I like to watch. I like to watch the evolutions of something.” CharacterChallengesInterestingWatchesEvolutionDeeperLayers Author:Edward Norton
“When you're playing a character for 10 years, it can challenge you less than it did at the beginning, so it was exciting to take on some new shoes. Especially with Erich Blunt, because being a tech wizard wasn't something I thought I would do after Harry Potter.” YearsCharacterChallengesExcitingShoesHarry PotterWizardsPottersBluntNew Shoes Author:Tom Felton
“Remarkably, there's no green screen in 'Leaves of Grass' movie. There is motion control. Technically, there were all sorts of challenges, but really the soul of it is Edward Norton talent. You write these characters when you write a movie, and all you can hope for or depend on is that your actors will elevate the material.” WritingSoulCharacterActorsChallengesTalentMaterialsDependsGreenScreensGrassLeaves Of Grass Author:Edward Norton
“Though I am never exactly "blocked" I do have difficult periods. I am led by a fascination with material - the challenge of presenting it in an original and engaging way. I have no problem imagining stories, characters, distinctive settings & themes - but the difficulty is choosing a voice & a language in which to present it.” WayCharacterStoriesProblemLanguageDifficultVoiceChallengesMaterialsPeriodsDifficultyOriginalsSettingSettingsThemeEngagingNo ProblemFascinationPresentingDistinctiveBlocked Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“Don't accept the excuse of complexity. A lot of people will tell you, this is too challenging, this is too complicated, yeah well I know other people simplify but that's not for me, this is a complicated business. They're wrong. You can change the world in 140 characters.” PeopleKnowsWorldWellsCharacterChallengesAcceptingYeahExcuseComplicatedComplexityChanging The WorldSimplify140 Character Author:Keith Rabois
“I can't recall a story that played out exactly as I'd expected it to. That's one of the thrills of journalism - being surprised, and learning new stuff, but it also poses the biggest challenge to a writer's character.” I CanCharacterStoriesStuffChallengesExpectedJournalismRecallsNew StuffLearning New Author:Dave Barry
“It's a real challenge to complete a story arc and end up with a cool punchline in 120 characters.” RealEndsCharacterStoriesChallengesArcsPunchlines Author:Mark Hoppus
“The challenge is creating a character that's rich and interesting to warrant following for a number of years.” YearsCharacterChallengesInterestingNumbersRichCreatingFollowingWarrants Author:Frank Spotnitz
“I love taking on challenges. I think one of the funnest things in acting is creating a character - wrapping yourself around a character and bringing him to life. I love a lot of different genres. I'm not a big horror guy by any means but I love the challenge. But the fifties and sixties is where I feel the most comfortable.” ThinkingFeelsMeanDifferentCharacterBigsGuyChallengesActingHorrorComfortableCreatingGenreSixtyWrappingDifferent Genres Author:Drew Waters
“What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it's the people I meet and choosing the projects I want to work on correctly. There's a lot of characters I can play.” PeopleWantBelieveI CanHardPlayCharacterI BelieveChallengesActingCareersSuccessfulHard WorkProjects Author:Barkhad Abdi
“Well, I don't know anything about television. I'd never done it before. Initially, it was quite daunting to take on so much challenge and so much time with it. I think it is a great outlet for an actress because you really have 13 hours to bring a character to life, which is so much more than with film, and you have the luxury of time to tell a story and to really color a character.” ThinkingKnowsWellsDoneCharacterStoriesFilmHoursChallengesTelevisionColorActressesLuxuryOutlets Author:Diane Kruger