I like to find characters. Here's the bottom line: I can't play someone if I can't figure out … - William Fichtner

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. . . you meditate and you got the candles, you got the incense and you've been chanting, and all of a sudden you hear this voice: 'Write this down'

William Fichtner

I like to find characters. Here's the bottom line: I can't play someone if I can't figure out what he cares about. Everybody cares about something, even a rough character. It defines where we step in life. As soon as you find out what somebody cares about, then it all gets real.

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I think that there's no doubt that to work in film is a bit more of a creative journey. It's not that I don't put the same time or heart into something that's on television.

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Sometimes the scene is a sad scene but you have to play it with a laugh to find out that that doesn't work or that there's really a part of that in it, and that's what rehearsal is for, to take that time.

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When I was younger, I never wanted to rehearse because I thought that someone would figure out I don't know what I'm doing.

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I just loved being around everybody. We just found a rhythm with each other that you want to get on everything you ever do in your life.

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I like characters where there's something going on and something to make him real. If you find out what somebody cares about, all of a sudden, the whole world opens up.

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