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I guess every character has a little bit of the actor - I guess for every character you play, the actor has to allow a little bit of their own character to show through.

That's what acting is about - for me, at least - tackling different personas and characters.

I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a wider range. I think that's how you get that mantle.

As actors, sometimes we want our character to go somewhere different than it goes, but that's being an actor.

I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.

Suffice it to say, every actor works differently. Laurence Olivier would put on his costume and when the wardrobe was right, he was in character. That sounds superficial, but it's true, and look at the results.

It's very important to be able to distinguish the actors from the characters they play.

Actors usually respond to minor aspects of their own character or things that even feel disparate from themselves.

Sometimes you need to put your own characteristics into the actor, and you take different things from the character that you admire - sometimes you can't see the boundaries anymore.

I think that's how any actor would make their performance convincing: by bringing an element of themselves into the character.