Best quotes by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje on Character

Checkout quotes by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje on Character

• ‟ Also, I'd like to play an athlete again, while I'm still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I play the trumpet and sing. I'd like to incorporate that into a character.

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• ‟ The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off - I'd rather stay in character.

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• ‟ I'm very much the type of actor that once I embody the character, I could stay in it from the beginning to the end.

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• ‟ With any character I do, I do my due diligence with research.

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• ‟ I grew up watching 'Rambo' and 'Rocky' and all of those movies, so you have a surreal moment, even as an actor, when you're in front of these guys, whether it's DeNiro or Stallone. You have a moment like, 'Geez, that's Sylvester Stallone,' and then you have to snap out of it and get back in the pocket of the character.

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• ‟ To play these twisted, tormented characters is very draining. You have to sit in the pocket of that character for the duration of the shoot, which is normally an average of three months, and that can be taxing!

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