Character quotes

“That's the joy of acting - you get to play people who are not you; you get to explore the dark, hidden sides of yourself.”
Julie Kavner

“To be a Bond villain, you only get to do that once in your life.”
Vincent Schiavelli

“I think all the roles I've done have been very passionate people who go to absolute extremes to make their points.”
Michael Rooker

“I do always feel very proud and flattered by being asked to be a part of American productions playing American characters.”
Toby Jones

“Suddenly playing the charming bad guy was my thing.”
Ray Liotta

“It's great to have the chance to play a character before he goes to the dark side.”
Mark Strong

“That's what started the whole bad-guy thing.”

Christopher McDonald

“I do have characters who are more well known than I am, which suits me fine.”
Jeffrey Wright

“Of course, I would like to play the guy next door, but nobody's going to hire me for that kind of role.”
Brad Dourif

“As long as the producers want me and the Almighty doesn't.”

Desmond Llewelyn

“Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written.”
Richard Schiff

“I wanna be in action movies, I wanna be the tough guy... I wanna scare people.”
Richard Schiff

“To me, the more bizarre the character, the more I'm attracted to it.”
James Marsden

“It's really important to stay engaged and involved in the character.”
David Ogden Stiers

“Some of my favorite characters that I've played have been very pompous because I love making fun of pompous people.”
Kevin Kline

“I don't think I'm very ambitious at all. But I seem to play people who have that quality.”
Catherine Keener

“- Aunt Agnes: What is that you're reading? Show me.
- Cedric: It's the new E. M. Forster novel.
- Aunt Agnes: Oh! Not another of them! Is it amusing?
- Cedric: Why, I find it difficult to identify with the characters, but the locations are quite enchanting.”
Prunella Scales - Aunt Agnes
Robert Portal - Cedric

“- Harvey Pollard: I don't know. Kate's a special lady.
- Terry Collins: Kate is an iceberg waiting for the Titanic.”
Troy Garity - Harvey Pollard
Billy Bob Thornton - Terry Collins

“You're such an amazing person. And, you know, if Batman can't see that then he's just, well, he's just as blind as a guy whose eyes stopped working.”

Chris Pratt - Emmet

“- Mac MacGuff: I thought you were the kind of girl who knew when to say when.
- Juno MacGuff: I don't know what kind of girl I am.”
J. K. Simmons - Mac MacGuff
Ellen Page - Juno MacGuff

“I am the lead character in my own story.”
Ewen Bremner - Alfonz

“I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films.”
Neil LaBute

“[on Clint Eastwood] I discovered he was a liar and a cheat who was leading a double, no, a triple if not a quadruple life, and who was terrified of being found out.”
Sondra Locke On Clint Eastwood

“No two directors make the same film the same way.”
Rob Cohen

“Style, no matter how outrageous it is, is still an expression of someone's personality. And my personality is somewhere stuck in the classics.”
Liev Schreiber