I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. That's because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge, I also see the beauty of human life.

If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.

I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.

But the character was so successful, that first one, that they wrote him again and he came in right at the end of the first year in a show called THE BOX. I was up for the Emmy for that one too.

I questioned everything. I didn't see a character developed in Platoon at all. The character in Blue Velvet was much more fascinating to me.

Actors have an unusual perspective on clothing. You've really got to know the impact of what you're wearing on the character you're playing.

That's what I so admired about Johnny Cash and June Carter. Their music wasn't a big influence on me. It was their character, their individual styles, what they were like as people. They weren't afraid to stick out.

I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration.

It's important for me to see as many colors in the character as possible.

I tried to copy some of his mannerisms at first but it didn't work. And then I just let the spirit of the character grow in me and it just took its rightful place. I started to speak the lines and it felt right.

I'll look at the script and I'll try to find as many books, movies, and pieces of music that I think are going to feed each scene or the character as a whole.

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.