Juan Pablo Di Pace Quotes

There is always pressure playing a real living person and even pressure developing a character from scratch.

When you're playing a character in a book, there's already a lot of pressure because all of the millions of people who have read the series have been able to envision and become very attached to the characters.

If you think too much about playing an icon, it will immobilize you. You have to treat it like a fresh character. Sure, there are guidelines so that you don't upset people, but you have to find your own way.

I think that when you first read material or you first read a script or story and know you might be playing a part, it's important not to see yourself because it should be a challenge enough that it doesn't come easy.

As an actor, when you want to capture the spirit of the character, and the character exists in all of the iterations slightly differently, you work towards getting a sense of what the creators wanted to do, you know? Then, you work off of that.

There's a lot of pressure being an actor and taking on challenges that people don't expect of you.

I thought of Jeff Bridges in 'Hell or High Water' and Ben Foster, and I kept trying very hard not to, because you're terrified you're going to write this thing that then feeds specifically to this one person that then won't do it.

Actors are very demanding because they have nowhere to hide. If I write a scene, it doesn't turn out very well, I don't ever have to show it to anyone; when you turn the camera on, or when you walk on stage, they have to feel like what's happening is real.

I sometimes have to turn off the fan part of my brain when I'm acting; otherwise, it would be terrible.

When I read that Khal Drogo role, I was blown away. I couldn't believe it was happening. I had to have that role.

As an actress, I realize that viewers are entitled to have whatever feelings they want about the characters they watch.

You just want to get it right so badly, so it's stressful when it comes to those vulnerable, dramatic scenes.

It's part of the actor's job to show up with a head full of steam, to have their own take on this. So that way, you're not relying on, 'OK, tell me how to do it.'

Playing characters I don't relate to are a big challenge for me.

Good acting is confused with good dialogue delivery. Acting is about all about performance, and the way we interpret and understand the character that we bring alive onscreen.

I really think I tried to capture the essence of the comics: what I thought would be the essence of Elektra. And then, as any character that I play, I really tried to dig inside me and try to reach real emotions and transpose that in her world, in who she is.

I think I understand why most actors and actresses are insane, because having to go through an emotional roller coaster as your job every day of your life would make somebody absolutely loopy.

I don't prepare myself for any character unless it is really different.

For me, as an actor, the challenge is mostly before the film starts when you have to get into the psychology of the character.

If it's a 50-seat theater, I am neurotic about whether I'm doing an honest performance. Sometimes I walk away happy enough with it. You know, it can always be better, but sometimes I'll walk away distraught, feeling like I missed the pulse of the character that evening.

I did a film a few years ago where I gained a lot of weight for it. I was happy to do that because it was called for in the script.

There's more pressure as a writer. As an actor you usually just go, do your job, and go home.

I am neither a method actor nor a trained one. So, I don't generally prepare for any role. Becoming the character and being in that moment are most important.

I had a chance to get used to the lights and the camera without all that pressure to... emote.

I like the stage challenges of having somebody literally falling apart before your very eyes.