It is difficult to portray grey characters because there is a very thin line between being nasty and slightly negative.

It is a challenge to portray to women of different generations and their complexities and hopes and agonies as a woman.

The actor's job is to put themselves in the shoes of the character they are trying to portray as truthfully as possible.

I wanted to write a show about an estate that wasn't sad or morbid, like a lot of shows portray working class life to be.

Carpet bombing tends to portray something that's totally indiscriminate, you know, en masse without regard to the target.

The media chooses to portray the most extreme and violent aspects of a place. I do the opposite and portray the normality.

I always say, as an actress, I get to portray the human condition, but as an activist, I get to change the human condition.

I will be playing the role of Pullela Gopichand in the PV Sindhu biopic. It's an honor to be able to portray him on screen.

Freestyling helps me portray the emotion that I'm feeling right there instead of writing it at home and having to add to it.

Even if I delete something, I know somebody probably will have a screen shot. I portray myself how I want people to view me.

I always feel a responsibility to the people I write about. I feel obligated to portray them in the way they feel is proper.

As an actor, what you dream of is being able to portray people that people empathize with and understand and really feel for.

I always want to portray veterans in a positive light, and since I got into acting full time, I've made that part of my goal.

The great quality of the 'Three Kingdoms' is that it seems to encapsulate and portray every facet of the Chinese personality.

In my movies, I portray this 'Everyman' persona, someone everybody can empathize with. People can identify with a guy like me.

Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.

Everybody wants to portray the bad boy, the Johnny Manziel stuff, but I love the game of football. There's no doubt about that.

The box office has become global. I think that factors in to the question of how to portray different ethnicities and cultures.

I find I work best as a reactor, trying to portray something on a screen musically. If I were a boxer, I'd be a counter-puncher.

All people of goodwill object to racial hatred. But no one cares that Billy Crystal darkened his skin to portray Sammy Davis Jr.

Every actor, has a dream role, I would like to admit Kamini Mathur is my dream role and I am so happy to portray this character.

It's a dream come true to have someone else portray me. Because I've been living this life for a long time, and I'm over myself.

While Chris Martin has a deep interest in yoga spirituality, it does not make him an expert on how best to portray Desi heritage.

'Hamlet' is obviously a role a lot of actors want to portray or be involved with in some way and that I'd like to be involved in.

It still baffles my brain that I actually get to portray a character on American television that's this gay, femme-y Filipino guy.

It was very difficult acting. I feel it is a very tough job to portray someone else's character and to behave like that on screen.

It's not that easy, but the moment the camera is switched on, I have to mould myself to breathe life into the characters I portray.

The great actors, like Cary Grant, and the gentlemanliness that they portray in the movies is something that I try to keep in mind.

I have done and want to do roles that portray women in a strong light and inspire those women who think they are weak and helpless.

My concern has always been that people who I portray, or the professions that I portray, are not embarrassed by my portrayal of them.

The way I try to represent my family and coaches, I think all are characteristics the league aspires to portray. That's just who I am.

We all portray a lot of characters, and once we get into a shot, we have to come out of our skin and be a completely different person.

It's an amazing role for any actor, so deep and challenging. And Anne Frank was such an amazing person, I feel honored to portray her.

The characters I portray are an extension of what I've seen, heard, or read, and so what you see in my films are how I understand life.

I think the glamour industry, all over the world, does portray a version that is 'Photoshopped' - a picture that is not very realistic.

Heard in full sound, the Gospels tell about the establishment of a theocracy, and portray what theocracy looks like with Jesus as king.

While I don't know who will eventually be selected, I think Kangana Ranaut can portray me perfectly on screen, I like her as an actress.

There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.

Everybody wants to be a Bond villain. That is the coolest. To be able to portray a Bond villain, that is the feather in any actor's cap.

Age is not a factor when it comes to choosing the kind of roles you want to portray or the kind of clothes you wear for a role on-screen.

For me, I've always wanted to portray roles that are empowering. Also, being empowering doesn't necessarily mean being strong all the time.

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.

In day-to-day life, our brain sends lots of signals. In acting, there are no signals. You have to believe in what you are trying to portray.

Even if I make fun of him, I try to portray him as a human being. Sometimes because he's the great Jean-Luc Godard, we see him as a concept.

If I'm going to portray one of my idols and someone I feel... so strongly about, it has to be done right, and it has to be done 120 percent.

The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've got to turn out the lights from time to time.

'Law & Order' is a dream come true. I grew up watching it! I always wanted to portray a character on the show because it's always so riveting.

I have played many negative roles in films, and television gives me an opportunity to break through this image and portray another side to me.

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.

To portray not only a boxer but a boxer like Roberto Duran, I needed to understand all the difficulties and the pressures of the sport itself.

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