Victor Garber Quotes

I play characters. I don't think I really have a persona per se. I don't play the same guy every time. I show up, you don't know what I'm gonna do. I like it that way. I've intentionally tried to do it that way. I think that's what's interesting.

It's good fun to create an unpredictable character. When he comes into the room, I don't know what he's going to do - I have to find my way.

All good actors are unpredictable, and a little crazy in a good way, because they feel more secure playing other people than themselves.

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

I love playing different characters all the time, so I'm concentrating on doing other stuff.

The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.

That's the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.

Thankfully, I have a background as an actor, and you learn how to live in that world of not knowing what's going to happen next.

I think the challenge for an actor is always to see which parts of you you can explore and go have fun with.

I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that.

Sometimes the character will go into a completely different direction than I expected once the cameras start rolling. That's what I love about what I do.

I love being the character actor. I get to stretch my muscles a little more.

I would like any type of character that I could be creative with and totally delve into.

I love playing a character that eats on television. It's so fun.

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that.

My favorite characters that I've gotten to do are the ones that surprised me the most.

For an actor to have the chance to go and play something that's far away from yourself, physically and also in terms of personality, character, is so much fun.

As an actor, it's always fun when you're able to feel like there's freedom to explore things and try out jokes and be funny.

I like not knowing what's around the corner. It's always been that way, and maybe that's one of the reasons why I'm an actor.

It's really wonderful to play characters as different from each other as I can.

Every job I've done so far, every character has been completely different, and that's really important to me because I don't want to fall into a stereotypical box. Of course, every actor has their box, and you have to respect and play for it, but I do love challenging myself.

That's one of the things we love about being an actor. We get to change things up all the time to remain fresh.

It's fun to explore behavior that you can't explore in your own life, so you fool around with it in acting.

I have played many cop roles in my career, and my effort is to make each role different.

I love to play varied roles. That's the most exciting thing for me.