Toby Jones Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• Hitchcock's got a very interesting voice; it's a very controlled, measured rhythm that's quite slow and, in that sense, also felt quite controlling in its pace. He retained something from his childhood, that London sound, as well as adopting some of the L.A. sounds... All of this helps you create the character.

  Toby Jones

  Character, Voice, Interesting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• I've got to tell you, I've played real characters before and people always bring up this word 'impersonation,' and I'm never entirely sure what it means.

  Toby Jones

  Real, Character, Mean

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• The thing about Hitchcock which is quite extraordinary for a director of that time, he had a very strong sense of his own image and publicizing himself. Just a very strong sense of himself as the character of Hitchcock.

  Toby Jones

  Strong, Character, Directors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• You're playing a character in a drama who happens to be based on someone who existed. It's never going to 'be' that person, but it's based on someone well-known, and you want to create enough of that person for it not to be a distraction.

  Toby Jones

  Drama, Character, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• I'm very fortunate that I get asked to do very different kinds of roles and I realize how much I enjoy that. I enjoy the challenge of transformation. There are actors who play one character, or a certain kind of character, the whole of their lives. I really relish the opportunity to have the challenge to totally transform.

  Toby Jones

  Character, Opportunity, Play

  "Toby Jones Talks THE GIRL, the Process of Finding Alfred Hitchcock, THE HUNGER GAMES, HARRY POTTER, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 20, 2012.

• I'm very interested in people, so if a character happens to be real, there's that much more to look at.

  Toby Jones

  Real, Character, People

  "Toby Jones' Hitchcock Hang-Ups". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. October 24, 2012.

• When you're training as an actor, a lot of the big work you're learning is to treat fictional characters like real people. You don't have the problem of discovering a backstory with real people, but there's always a mystery which is common to both fictional and factual characters. They are never quite the person you think they are.

  Toby Jones

  Real, Character, Thinking

  "Toby Jones' Hitchcock Hang-Ups". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. October 24, 2012.

• I do always feel very proud and flattered by being asked to be a part of American productions playing American characters.

  Toby Jones

  Character, Proud, Feels

  "Toby Jones on playing Alfred Hitchcock and improvising with Danny McBride". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. October 19, 2012.

• What happens is some of the characters I've played have voices that are so different from my own, that it would be ridiculous if I would dip in and out of that voice in between takes to ask for a coffee, or something. Or to gossip about whatever was going on.

  Toby Jones

  Coffee, Character, Voice

  "Toby Jones' Hitchcock Hang-Ups". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. October 24, 2012.

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