Role Connection Quotes

Something just happens when you read a part. You know, if you'd like to do it or if you don't believe it.

There's a chunk of myself in every part I play.

I try to do as many of my own stunts as possible. If you keep on taking yourself out of the role you play, you lose the thread of the character.

When I read a script, the important thing is that I can connect in some way with that character and have some idea from what his story is that I can tell that story too, because that's all acting is, is storytelling.

It's weird because I've grown up a lot after filming the first 'Hunger Games' movie. Growing up with a character is really interesting because you feel like you have this connection with the role.

'Masaan' was a small role, but people connected with it. I loved playing a man who does not have many complexities in life. I was inspired by my father for this role. You find such characters in novel or in stories. You don't find such parts in movies where characters are either good, bad, or grey.

As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.

The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.

People know my characters like Alice Morgan in 'Luther' or Alison Bailey from 'The Affair.' For me, that's a compliment, a kind of joy.

You can find a connection with any Shakespeare role you play.

This has been my life for many years; one role feeds the other.

Sometimes you read the script and you feel that this is a challenging role but at times you feel that this one was written for me.