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I love playing intense characters.

~Barun Sobti

Topics: Characters Intense Love Playing I Love

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I realised I had spent the majority of my adult life doing two characters - Maude from 1972-'79 and Dorothy from 1985-'92 - and I really didn't know what I wanted to do after 'Golden Girls.' I knew what I didn't want to do - any more sitcoms, or wait for the next great role that might never come.

~Bea Arthur

Topics: Adult Adult Life After Any Characters Come Doing Dorothy Girl Golden Great Had Knew Know Life Majority Might More Never Next Realised Really Role Sitcoms Spent Two Wait Want Wanted

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I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.

~Beau Bridges

Topics: Characters Human Like Make Play Possible Try

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Film is much more visual, a scene is typically a lot shorter, you're dealing with a lot more characters, a lot more locations, and you're able to rely on things that you just can never do on the stage.

~Beau Willimon

Topics: Able Characters Dealing Film Just Locations Lot More Much Never Rely Scene Stage Things Visual You

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Part of the success of the show is that the audience sees themselves in the characters, becomes the characters. The more they inhabit the characters, the more they see.

~Bebe Neuwirth

Topics: Audience Becomes Characters Inhabit More Part See Sees Show Success Themselves

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Years ago, during a John Grisham phase, I tried to pinpoint exactly why I found Grisham's often predictable legal thrillers quite so comforting. The best answer I could come up with was the frequency with which Grisham tells us that his lead characters are sipping coffee. When it comes to food and drink, predictability can console.

~Bee Wilson

Topics: Answer Best Characters Coffee Come Comforting Console Could Drink Exactly Food Found Frequency His John Lead Legal Often Phase Pinpoint Predictability Predictable Quite Tells Thrillers Tried Up Us Which Why Years Years Ago I Tried

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Playing weird and quirky characters, like those with weird nuances, I find very interesting.

~Bel Powley

Topics: Characters Find Interesting Like Nuances Playing Quirky Those Very Weird

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I think people get confused: people think 'strong female characters' mean you need to play an action figure.

~Bel Powley

Topics: Action Characters Confused Female Female Characters Figure Get Mean Need People Play Strong Strong Female Think You I Think

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The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.

~Bela Lugosi

Topics: Change Characters Complete Playing Romantic Success Usual Vampire

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That's the thing, when you play younger characters they're always less casual. You're hungrier or more naive. Those things wane in time.

~Ben Barnes

Topics: Always Casual Characters Less More Naive Play Thing Things Those Time You Younger

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