Forest Whitaker Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character.

  Forest Whitaker

  Character, Stay True, Projects

  Source: collider.com

• I like to play complex characters and the duality, and trying to reach for the light, it's more interesting really. I've gotten to play so many types of guys and I just try to find the humanity in each one of them the best I can.

  Forest Whitaker

  Character, Light, Play

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• There was a time in my acting career, where I was trying to figure out if acting was the thing to do. You know? I was always on this journey of trying to learn more about humanity and people - using the characters and situations as guideposts. I could switch up and do another job as long as I'm continuing that same search and that same journey of revealing my connection to humanity and the universe. And directing gives me the opportunity to explore ALL these different lives and their connection to their environments and the people. And I get to connect to the wires of the universe.

  Forest Whitaker

  Jobs, Character, Opportunity

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• On the very last day of shooting [of The Last King of Scotlang], I remember wanting to get the [Idi Amin] character out of me right away, as much as I could. You literally take a bath to wash him off you. Luckily, I went into another part not so long afterwards, so I was kind of able to push it away a little bit. But speech patterns, and little sounds, particularly colloquial things, like the way you ask questions or might respond, were sticking with me, probably because I'd worked so hard to make it a part of my everyday way of expressing myself.

  Forest Whitaker

  Kings, Character, Long

  Source: aalbc.com

• I'm just looking for characters that continue to make me stretch and grow and learn more about the human condition.

  Forest Whitaker

  Character, Human Condition, Grows

  "Forest Whitaker shares wit, wisdom in discussing latest film". Interview with Kam Williams, www.baystatebanner.com. February 27, 2014.

• I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you.

  Forest Whitaker

  Character, Together, Energy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland]. And then, as a person, I had never been to the African continent. So, I knew, personally, it would reshape me.

  Forest Whitaker

  Kings, Character, Opportunity

  Source: aalbc.com

• I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.

  Forest Whitaker

  Character, Thinking, People

• I certainly don' think I could've played the character [Idi Amin] the same way without being in Uganda. I loved working in Uganda.

  Forest Whitaker

  Character, Thinking, Uganda

  Source: aalbc.com

• In a lot of films, they're showing more complete, developed characters of diverse ethnic backgrounds. The larger concern is to be able to tastefully explore the stereotypes, and still move past them to see the core of people.

  Forest Whitaker

  Moving, Character, Past

  "The Robertson Treatment Syndicated Column (Rtsc): Q&A Movie Spotlight: Forest". EURWeb Interview, www.eurweb.com. March 18, 2010.

• Trying to understand, inside, what it is to be Ugandan was crucial to the character, because there are Ugandan ways of doing things that I was trying to capture. Even if I had made this movie in South Africa, it would not have been the same, because it is so specific to Uganda.

  Forest Whitaker

  Character, Uganda, Trying

  Source: aalbc.com

• I hope that audiences respond really positively. I think it's a very intense, entertaining film [The Last King of Scotland], because you're brought in on a fun ride, and slowly you fall into it as James [actor James McAvoy's character, Dr. Nicholas Garrigan] does. Nicholas is like the audience. I think it's a good ride for people. And you learn something, as well.

  Forest Whitaker

  Kings, Fun, Fall

  Source: aalbc.com

• I try to serve the character all the time; this one took a lot of work and was consuming. It's like climbing up a ladder and sometimes you're afraid to face yourself so you make excuses; you avoid going to the top of the ladder and look in the mirror.

  Forest Whitaker

  Character, Excuse You, Mirrors

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• I'm really excited that people are receiving my performance like this. It makes me feel good, because I've been working really hard. And this character [Idi Amin], I worked particularly hard on. But I don't want to get too caught up in it, because first of all, it could lead to a great disappointment. You never know what's going to happen.

  Forest Whitaker

  Disappointment, Character, People

  Source: aalbc.com

• I was pretty much consumed by this character. Even when I was off, I was continually searching to find something else new about [Idi] Amin, and to embed myself deeper into the culture to the point that, in the end, I was so entrenched that I could tell what tribe someone was from just by looking at them.

  Forest Whitaker

  Character, Culture, Tribes

  Source: aalbc.com

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