When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it makes me feel.
I enjoy playing real human beings after playing a lot of larger than life characters. I love playing true to life characters and that is what I intend to do for the majority of my career.
I just try not to judge. Dont judge me, and I wont judge you.
I've shied away from playing Asian characters. if you look back, I'm playing characters that have no relevance to my ethnicity.
I would love to just continue playing characters that break the mold. I like making interesting decisions when playing characters, so, taking something that would seem one way and then playing it a different way.
I feel like I'm a pretty good judge of character because I've had to judge a lot of characters.
I've been trying to take this journey over the last four years of getting away from playing manipulative and villainous characters and playing characters that are affected by what happens to them as opposed to unaffected.
I don't judge my characters, and that's my job not to judge them.
And it is the Lord, it is Jesus, Who is my judge. Therefore I will try always to think leniently of others, that He may judge me leniently, or rather not at all, since He says: "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.
What actors are involved in is a similar sort of psychological forensic examination of the characters they're playing. You try to have an idea about why somebody does what they do and you try not to be in judgmental about it. That is what psychologists and psychotherapists aim to do with their patients.
I just try not to judge. Don't judge me, and I won't judge you.
I don't categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I don't judge; I just play them.
You can never judge your characters. You have to love them, really care about them. You're never just playing a villain or the crazy lady.
I cannot speak for Jesus, but I can quote his teachings, and he said, 'Love your neighbor as yourself'... How would he react to me playing Jesus? He wouldn't judge it. He wouldn't judge his own enemy... Playing this part highlights his teaching in a very nice way.
I enjoy playing a quintessential antihero. There's something therapeutic about playing such characters. I know it sounds corny but I feel like I learn about myself when I play that characters.
My characters make incomprehensible decisions until you stand in their shoes. Then it makes more sense. Life is very rarely black and white, and most people are trying to do their best. I try not to judge.