Elizabeth Reaser Quotes

If I played a vamp I would be rejected by the audience outright.

I can't act, and so I have to live that particular character in my real life and then exhibit it on screen.

For me, playing a vampire isn't about the fact that they're a vampire, it's about who they are specifically.

In movies like 'Cape Fear,' I never played verbal characters. Now, as a grown-up, I relish playing people that are not like myself. That's what I enjoy about acting.

I've played several real characters, and I've always found it very difficult because you don't want to do an impersonation.

I have great mood swings, maybe because of playing lots of different characters as I do. I'm like a gymnast whose muscles get too stretched. I've got better at it, but I have a lot of emotional energy.

In 'Fugly,' I play a very middle-class guy with whom anyone can relate. At the same time, playing such characters is not as easy as it sounds.

I started to view theatre like a spiritual experience. You're on stage saying somebody else's lines, but you're saying them with full commitment of being that person.

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

I think playing a negative character is more difficult and challenging, since you have a lot to work on, and you have to put a lot of efforts.

Well, it definitely comes as a challenge to act as enemies onscreen when you bond with the opposite person very well off-screen.

To portray a real-life character is the toughest job for an actor because one never knows which direction to flow.

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

An accent always helps me ground a character. It also helps to remind me what age I'm playing.

It's not easy, acting.

As an actor, it's really exciting and challenging to play a character which is much older than your actual age.

It's a real challenge to have someone perform a character vs. imitate a character.

I've played horrible people and done horrible things, and there were moments on 'The Knick' where it was super uncomfortable - some of the things I had to do and say.

Doing 'Mamma Mia' was scary full stop, so playing a young Colin Firth was even more intimidating. I just had to keep reminding myself that I was playing Harry and not Colin Firth, which psychologically felt better.

I feel it's very important for an actor to believe in the character that he/she is playing and do full justice to it in order to convince others that you are the character you are portraying.

I do not want to work to stay busy. I want to feel excited and challenged with each character that I portray on-screen.

When you're portraying someone, whether they're real or fictional, you have to find some kind of hook where it feels real to you because if you don't believe it yourself, then no one else is going to believe it.

Even though the 'Shooter' character on TV is so close to the real-life me, I'm still playing with ways to creatively portray that character.

It is a tough job to portray a character and make it believable on screen.

I get to play some zany, multilayered, very complex individuals.