Giancarlo Esposito Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Character, Actors, Chameleon

  "Q&A – Giancarlo Esposito (Gus Fring)". AMCtv.com Interview, www.amc.com.

• When you have great acting partners, you hope that your reaction to them is propels you deeper into your own character.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Character, Acting, Reactions

  "Exclusive: Giancarlo Esposito Talks Current Projects, More; Directing Series On Slave Abolitionist John Brown". Interview by Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. October 9, 2012.

• If I can look at each character that I am given and create them in a different way from the last role, I'm happy.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Character, Different, Roles

  "Exclusive: Giancarlo Esposito Talks Current Projects, More; Directing Series On Slave Abolitionist John Brown". Interview by Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. October 9, 2012.

• I like to always wash the slate clean, and reinvigorate my spirit to be connected to the characters that I am doing. I am finding new ways to allow myself to soar beyond the parameters of what the writers have written. My key is to commit, and love your character.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Love You, Character, Keys

  "Exclusive: Giancarlo Esposito Talks Current Projects, More; Directing Series On Slave Abolitionist John Brown". Interview by Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. October 9, 2012.

• Many times - especially when I'm playing an historical character - I want to be really on target with how I create that character and really nuanced with who that human being might be. But I don't want to lose the likeness of me or the depth of my own personality. So meditation and my spirituality has helped me to realize that, yes, I want to get out of the way but I also want the ability to hold on to what the audience likes of what they see of me.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Character, Meditation, Personality

  Source: www.ebony.com

• I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Character, Done, Occupation

• What helps me is yogic breathing, dropping my spiritual level where I am really, really clear that I am playing a character.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Spiritual, Character, Helping

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I think many people have contradictions to them and I love characters that deal with those contradictions.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Character, Thinking, People

  "Giancarlo Esposito talks ‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘Revolution’ and Emmys". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. July 31, 2012.

• Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Character, Play, Challenges

• When I listen to my scene partners and listen to their breathing allows me to be connected to them in scenes. I am not trying to multi task, not trying to talk on the phone, but in my character.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Character, Phones, Breathing

  "Exclusive: Giancarlo Esposito Talks Current Projects, More; Directing Series On Slave Abolitionist John Brown". Interview by Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. October 9, 2012.

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