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“I don't tend to think of these characters as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way.” (Sockman Ralph W.)
“I had to focus and create a character [in Bagger Vance], not just do my” (Sockman Ralph W.)
Take characters that Nicholson or De Niro play: they're not always tough. (Sockman Ralph W.)
Teddy was such a media hound. I was able to study a number of newsreels of him. He had lots of energy despite only sleeping four or five hours and reading several books a night. Had a high I.Q. and photographic memory, spoke several languages. (Sockman Ralph W.)
The Big Chill is one of those things that everybody can identify with. Between eight characters, they can pick somebody who's somewhat like them. (Sockman Ralph W.)
There was no script, so John Milius came in. He's a history fanatic. It turned out that Teddy Roosevelt is Milius' favorite person in history. (Sockman Ralph W.)
All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of. (Sockman Ralph W.)
Captain Kirk has been a source of pleasure and income for a long time. (Sockman Ralph W.)
The character I play is a wonderful compilation of things I hate about myself and things I love about myself and things that I've invented to make her even more interesting than me. (Sockman Ralph W.)
A good character makes your job a lot easier, I know it sounds corny but a really well written character makes it. (Sockman Ralph W.)
I'm always attracted to the vulnerable character more than I am the superhero. That's not interesting to me. I don't know anybody like that. (Sockman Ralph W.)
Not that I think improv is bad, but I just rely more on a character than trying to think of something to say. If something comes out, it comes out. (Sockman Ralph W.)
There's a lot of balancing involved, especially when you have people knowing what you do and associate you with certain types of characters. (Sockman Ralph W.)
What it all really comes down to is reading a character that you think that you can do well. That's the hard part. finding that, and you hope that it falls into something like the war picture or the western. (Sockman Ralph W.)
“It's great that after 700 years William Wallace has finally had a proper burial. He did so much for the country. You should be proud of what you have achieved through devolution.” (Sockman Ralph W.)
“I think she was much closer to the character than she thought.” (Sockman Ralph W.)
I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night. (Sockman Ralph W.)
“Then I went to Europe and returned to the preparation of the Hannibal character. So I went hiking up into the Alps. I was deeply engaged in weapons training, riding elephants.” (Sockman Ralph W.)
To me, Ghandi's a really inspiring character because he understood that in the structure of the world he lived in - that untouchability had to end. (Sockman Ralph W.)
Thomas McGuane's characters are always a little quirky, but they're so rich, so expressive. There isn't an actor around who wouldn't kill to play one of them. (Sockman Ralph W.)
I think that acting involves doing your job so well that you are able to help the viewer identify with the character. (Sockman Ralph W.)
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