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The thing is, even if you're playing sort of a heightened character and playing inside sort of a heightened reality, you can still apply your own truths to those characters.

— Johnny Depp

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.

— Shemar Moore

No matter who the characters are, you can strip them down and find small universal truths.

— Jena Malone

You have to believe that you are the character or the thing or whatever the hell you're playing.

— Chris Penn

I tend to play more true-to-life characters in real situations.

— Mekhi Phifer

My role is to just tell the highest degree of truth with every character and every story. From there, I have no clue whatsoever how things are going to turn out.

— Sarah Shahi

One of the things I've really come to realise is that the chances of arriving at a universal truth are increased if you remain absolutely faithful to the contingencies of your own experience and the vagaries of your own nature.

— Geoff Dyer

When you're playing a fictional character reacting to the real world, it's incredibly difficult and confusing and kind of messes with your values a bit.

— Ed Helms

When you're playing a romantic version of a real person, you're playing a version of the truth.

— Andrea Riseborough

It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren't formulaic in the spirit of filmmakers gone by who've told American stories that were personal and universal as well.

— Cameron Crowe

✗Opposing Perspectives

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.

— Annie Leibovitz