Rachelle Lefevre Quotes

I know that me personally I'm different than anyone else, just like our mothers all tell us we're all very special and unique and we are, and I think if an actor can stick to trying to make the character resemble something from their own spirit it will automatically be unique.

Especially, I don't want to ever be compared to The Rock because I'd be the poor man's version of The Rock. I'm just not him; it's not who I am as a person or as a performer. The Rock's very big and bold, and I'm not.

The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

I really appreciate people who have their own thing going on and stick to it - super authentic. The people who wear something and you're just like "oh, it looks so good!" it's because it's them. They're not trying to be anything.

A man without characteristics is a most insipid character.

My style is unique and it's my own. I do not try to copy or imitate anybody.

When you are cast for a role, it's because of everything that makes you who you are in that moment in time. No one else has that. That's a unique, powerful thing to hold.

Everyone has something unique about them.

I tend to get comfortable with the dialogue and find out who the person is in the script and try to hit that. People are sort of independent of their occupations and their pastimes. You don't play a politician or a fireman or a cowboy - you just play a person.

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

The most fascinating powers don't mean a thing if the guy's poorly motivated or dull, and the most generic powers won't hurt a well-motivated character. Personality and motivation are what make Magneto, Magneto and not Cosmic Boy. The powers work for him, but it's his motivation that makes him the character he is.

That's what I so admired about Johnny Cash and June Carter. Their music wasn't a big influence on me. It was their character, their individual styles, what they were like as people. They weren't afraid to stick out.

Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do.

The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.

I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.

You make your mark by being true to who you are and letting that be your staple.

I mean, I would hope that I have a style or personality that is evident wherever I go.

The best thing an actor can bring to a role is himself - that's no secret.

You're doing it to make the character as specific as possible, so that it's a specific individual that you're talking about, not that whole class of people.

Why do you want to fit in when you were born to stand out?

You want to stake your own claim. You don't want to be called a copycat.

I think every person is so unique. I think every woman is so unique, every man is so unique, every artist is so unique.

I have an original voice. It may not be the best voice, but it's distinct, and I think that's what has carried me through the years.

A lot of talented people have some quirks, y'know? And bless them for that. I'd rather have Tourette's than be someone boring.