“I've been on projects before where there's no rehearsal, and you walk in on set and that's literally the first time you've ever played the character, and then I've had times where there's been three weeks of rehearsal. I like both.” FirstsCharacterThreeWalksWeekProjectsFirst TimeRehearsal Author:Josh Hutcherson
“I always feel a bit vulnerable when I begin a new project, especially when I am playing a character with either a troubled past or unique personality.” FeelsCharacterPastBitsPersonalityProjectsUniqueVulnerableNew ProjectsUnique Personality Author:Jake T. Austin
“I've often had the fortune to work on projects with a small theme I find very interesting enough to pursue and to be passionate about in the context of the story, then it may turn out there's a universality about my character which still resonates with many people as well.” PeopleWellsMayStillsEnoughCharacterStoriesTurnsInterestingProjectsFortunePassionatePursueThemeVery InterestingUniversality Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
“I was attached to star in a project that was going to be an unbelievable character piece, to be showcased all over the world. It was everything I had been working toward and had suffered for. I had two months to prep and pretty much bankrupted myself in the process. A week before I was supposed to get on the plane, the whole project fell apart. Not only did it leave me completely broke and out of work, but I felt as if I had been betrayed by acting. Acting is not just something I love but a part of who I am. I was shattered. Thankfully, the love of those around me helped push me forward.” IfsWorldTwoWholeCharacterStarsFeltProcessActingPiecesWeekMonthsProjectsWho I AmBrokePlanesUnbelievableBetrayedLeaving MeShatteredTwo MonthsPreps Author:Jonathan Keltz
“I want to be inspired by the characters that I play and excited by the projects that I do.” WantPlayCharacterProjectsInspiredExcitedBe Inspired Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“Well, you know, going into any project, especially with a fan base as vocal and passionate as something as "Star Wars," you will have groups of people who will find issues with whatever it is you're doing. But our job was to tell the best story we could about characters that we loved, and we knew that we needed to go backwards to go forwards, and we needed to go back to a feeling and a place and a time.” PeopleKnowsWellsWarCharacterStoriesFeelingsJobsStarsIssuesGroupsFansNeededProjectsPassionateBackwardsVocal Author:J. J. Abrams
“I have no idea. I get involved because I think there's value in the project and because I love the character that is presented to me. I love the opportunity to examine a character, and to have him examine me, live inside me and move my hands. I love that. It's irresistible. It's a drug.” ThinkingIdeasCharacterHandsMovingValuesOpportunityInvolvedDrugProjectsNo IdeaGet InvolvedIrresistible Author:Donald Sutherland
“With any good projects, I feel like the off-screen chemistry factors on-screen. It's great when you don't have to force it, but when it's not there you better focus on getting there, because as we live with these characters we spend more time with one another than we do our families at home.” FeelsCharacterHomeForceFocusProjectsScreensFactorsOur FamilyMore TimeChemistry Author:Aldis Hodge
“I love people like Kate Bush and Stevie Nicks and David Bowie - people that project themselves as characters and that contextualizes the music.” PeopleCharacterProjectsKateBowie Author:Tamaryn
“I'm working on a project called Lemons, produced by Killer Films. The director has a great perspective on character development.” CharacterFilmPerspectiveDevelopmentDirectorsProjectsKillersLemonsCharacter Development Author:Nia Long
“History teaches us that many breakthroughs were happy accidents. Whether that's penicillin coming from Fleming neglecting to clean his laboratory before going on vacation or the team at Odeon trying a little side project that allowed people to communicate in real time as long as their message was 140 characters or less (which ultimately of course became Twitter), the unintended is often the transformational.” PeopleTryingLittlesLongRealCharacterCoursesSidesTeachTeamProjectsMessagesCleanCommunicateAccidentsNeglectVacationBreakthroughLaboratory140 CharacterHappy AccidentsPenicillinGoing On Vacation Author:Scott D. Anthony
“It takes about a year to write an opera for me, but not a really a year of writing. I'm touring at the same time, and I'm playing, sometimes doing smaller projects.[The opera] Akhnaten fits in with Gandhi and Einstein, so that forms a trilogy in a way.I picked people who were these kind of larger than life characters, who kind of changed the world they lived in by almost the force of their personality and their inventiveness. People that I think not only do I admire but I think they're admirable people.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWritingYearsKindSometimesCharacterFormForceChangedPersonalityFitProjectsAdmireOperaTouringAdmirableLarger Than LifeTrilogiesInventiveness Author:Philip Glass
“With The Help, I knew folks involved in the project peripherally. I wanted to audition for Hilly Holbrook and part of the initial feedback was: "No, Bryce is too nice." That's part of the reason why I really love auditions as well - you get to try out a character and try out different versions of a character.” TryingWellsDifferentReasonCharacterHelpingWantedNiceInvolvedProjectsFolksVersionsReason WhyAuditionsFeedbackInitialsToo Nice Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“When I saw the script [of The Man], I saw the character and knew I could do the character. It's a relationship movie, which is also what I love to do. That's what attracts me to projects.” MenCharacterSawsHe ManProjectsScripts Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“I think any writer is a fool if he doesn't do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incentive in addition to the project. It all goes together. It's fun to sit there and think of characters and get them into action, then be paid for it. I can't believe it when writers tell me 'I don't want to show my work to anybody'.” IfsThinkingWantNeedsBelieveKindI CanCharacterShowsActionTogetherFunFoolProjectsPaidIncentives Author:Elmore Leonard