Character Switch Quotes

So for Bullitt, I just put my black hat back on.

I'm doing 'Alvin and the Chipmunks.' I get to play the bad guy. That's a nice change of pace.

I was asked to be on 'The Colbert Report' last year as Big Bird and Oscar. But when we got there, we discovered they wanted both characters on at the same time. Stephen Colbert didn't know one man plays them both. We called Joey Mazzarino, our head writer, who's a very good puppeteer as well. He agreed to zip over and do Oscar.

As soon as I step on the field, totally different person. As soon as I step off, I go back to who I've always been.

I thought I was gonna do Lear, but I'm gonna do Maura.

It is as polar opposite as it comes for the man who was Edna Turnblad in 'Hairspray' to come back as Sweeney Todd.

I came in thinking about Bobby Ewing, but I love this Ray Krebbs role.

When you are a face for a long time and you turn heel, your stock value immediately goes up, especially if you're able to pull it off in the ring and on the mic. Then you ride that horse as long as you can. When it starts to falter, and when attendance drops, then you can turn back babyface. And your stock value goes up again.

For an actor, playing one character and transitioning to a completely different one is a dream come true.

A lot of guys, if they're a face and they see their drawing ability start to falter, they'll turn heel and they're right back on top again. Same thing with a heel. All of a sudden they'll turn into a good guy. Ric Flair has done that throughout his career a number of times.

I've played four characters now, my latest one being Sandor the gypsy.

Working heel works different for me, being Dustin Rhodes for so many years and then a giant switch of a character and everything.

Usually, I play the bad guy, so it's been a pleasant break to play a good guy.

I start the show, and the armour goes on, and the showman comes out. When the show is finished, that comes off, and I become soft centred again.

When you do a show eight times a week, you are constantly living in the same world for that whole time, but when you have such drastically different characters and circumstances, you have to find a way to take a moment to reconnect.

As a performer, I need to change in the ring, to be a little bit more aggressive and go about things in a different way rather than Bayley following the rules all the time.

Theater actors like to change character roles. They don't like to always do the same thing.

I played a really good guy for two years on 'Homeland,' and I was champing at the bit to play a bad guy.

If I were writing an article for the newspaper, it would be thesis statement, information, information, supporting arguments. That would be the setup. When I'm making a documentary, the pacing of the film and the way that you sort of switch from character to character - all of those are more about storytelling than straight journalism.