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For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.

— Laura Linney

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I like taking a character at the most intense moments of their lives and exploring all that in full and then moving on.

— Greg Iles

Being able to stay with a character over the course of years is a gift.

— Jennifer Hale

I've been really lucky to play sort of a diverse array of characters over my relatively short career, although it feels really long.

— Allison Scagliotti

If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.

— Karen Allen

Getting to meet people that I've admired my entire life, and getting to meet them in such a way where they're coming in to play completely different characters than I had ever seen them do is just wonderful.

— Will Friedle

I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while.

— Jeri Ryan

I love the creating part of taking on a character. It is fun to be another person and create what it would be like to be that person.

— Jason Dohring

It's just so much more exciting to have no limits and to be able to take your character as far as you want or need to get where you want to go.

— Lindsay Pulsipher

✗Opposing Perspectives

I prefer to have longevity. I like as great a variety as possible, hopefully to avoid getting stuck in one kind of character, having to do it over and over again. I seek to challenge myself as an actor - and at the same time support my family.

— Bradford Dillman

I want to do a lot of different characters - definitely not always the same kind of character. I love that life provides so many choices, and I want to be able to experience that.

— Stephanie Sigman