Giancarlo Esposito Character Quotations

To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon.

I think many people have contradictions to them and I love characters that deal with those contradictions.

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.

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.

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.

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.

When you have great acting partners, you hope that your reaction to them is propels you deeper into your own character.

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.