Corey Hawkins Quotes

When it's a bigger character, and there's a lot going on for her, and there are all these different elements that go into the character, I just love being able to dive into it.

I need to react to a script, to feel strongly about it in some way. And I need it to be a complex character for sure. And also, I think a lot about what kind of audience there is for the film, what they're looking for and ways to connect with them in the playing of a character.

As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance.

You want to try and bring a character to life in an honest a way as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether he's a doctor, an actor, a car salesman or a captain of a starship. If you can bring truth and honesty to that character, then your audience will believe you.

When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role.

I've given every maid I've portrayed soul and heart.

When you're playing a real person, there's a balance between playing the person in the script and playing the person as he was in life. You have to be respectful and true to who that person was, but at the same time tell the story in the film.

As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.

It's an actor's job to play all the human conditions - light, dark, and medium.

I love playing complex characters.

I wanted to get the opportunity to do what actresses do: play the inside of a person.

I really enjoy playing intelligent characters. I'm more interested in that than just emotional kind of Mum characters.

Every character is challenging because, at the end of the day, you have to make something out of it.

I just did what the script demanded from me in 'Uyir.' I felt it was indeed a challenging role for me.

As actors, that has been challenging for us to pick up the nuances of the living legends we are playing.

Being an actor, I have no issues with a character being negative or positive as long as the role is substantial and meaty.

I just don't play a character for the heck of it. Rather, I always look for a human element in every character that I play.

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

For an actor, it's not like you have to go crazy to do an intense role.

I've played heavy characters in my first two films.

As an actor, I always feel that each and every character in my films has to be distinct. The character Thilak that I play in 'Kavan' will be one such unique role in my career.

Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still has to be something inside of you that connects with the role, or else you will not be any good.

Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.

My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring this character to life.

I just try not to look at any role as a comedic role or a dramatic role. I just try to stay in the movie I'm in.