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Giancarlo Esposito Quotes about Character

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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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 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.

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