Katherine Langford Quotes

Playing a real-life character is definitely a lot more responsibility than one that is fictionalized.

Obviously, I play a villain in 'Downton Abbey'. As an actor, you want to get a variety of roles, so to be offered the part of Joe, it was perfect.

I get very involved in my roles. I want people to think it's all really happening. If I'm in it, I'm in it.

Before I starred in 'Million Dollar Baby,' I wasn't really a boxer. I just worked hard to learn as much as I could before we were there on set.

The average scene in a film, you have to shoot it 15, 20 times. That means you got to laugh or cry 15, 20 times.

It can be very thrilling being able to witness Viola Davis do her thing for hours and hours, but there are also no windows, and you're just in a room for fourteen hours trying to keep it together.

I worked very hard playing Arjun, and I was consumed by the character.

I didn't miss theatre while I was in 'EastEnders' because I was so dedicated in my role as Honey.

When you are doing a show, it can get really dull. You are sitting so long while they set up the lights, then you say a couple of lines, then they tear down the lights again. At least stunts are something that uses your physical energy a great deal.

To play different characters on a TV show where you're working every day, playing multiple characters every day, it's so ridiculously intense.

I took my play very seriously, and I got way, way lost in my play world.

You have to like the characters you play.

When I play a villain, I usually get home and sleep straight through the night. It's physically and emotionally draining.

By the time I got to the Fox studio for my first major film, I knew how to hit a mark. I knew how to memorize lines. I knew how to pay attention.

I've had to make the transition from sweeping in for 15 minutes, doing my stuff and clearing out, to carrying a movie for the duration - in a dress.

Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months.

In 2005, I had the great honor of playing Shailene Woodley's mother in 'Felicity: An American Girl Adventure.' I was immediately impressed by her work ethic, both on and off set.

Miss Fontanne and I rehearse all the time. Even after we leave the theater, we rehearse. We sleep in the same bed. We have a script on our hands when we go to bed. You can't come and tell us to stop rehearsing after eight hours.

Stage is definitely my home first and foremost - I still feel like I'm yet to earn my stripes on set.

I fell in love with acting. I thought, 'This is what I want to do.'

The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.

Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people.

As an actor, I'll play anything.

It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am.

Preparation is definitely important, but it depends on the kinds of roles I do. Like, I completely identify with my character in 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.' I had to be myself and I didn't have to actually prepare for it.