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All action is for the sake of some end; and rules of action, it seems natural to suppose, must take their whole character and color from the end to which they are subservient.

— John Stuart Mill

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✓Similar Perspectives

Action is character.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

First of all, the actor needs to get out of the character's way. You follow the character without judgment or prejudice or preconceived ideas.

— Amy Ryan

I'm probably an actor that tends to, instead of putting things on, think about it more in terms of taking away what's not in the character, until I'm left with what is. If that makes sense. That's probably a particularly American way of working, but maybe not. The end of any movie is a readjustment.

— Molly Parker

It's great to have the chance to play a character before he goes to the dark side, or the yellow side if you will. Normally, you don't get that opportunity. The narrative of a movie usually demands that you are that guy from the start.

— Mark Strong

Acting is what happens on the way.

— Mira Sorvino

In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.

— Jim Broadbent

In a way, the characters often do take over.

— Margaret Mahy

I think it is important that you care about the characters, and you are not just waiting for the next action sequence but have a vested interested in what happens to them.

— Shawn Ashmore

✗Opposing Perspectives

Acting should be an end in itself.

— Chris Sarandon

With any character you portray, you can never play the end in the beginning. You have to pursue and attack your intention as if they're going to be successful.

— Sterling K. Brown