Quotes by Sharlto Copley - Page 1

I'm a huge fan of Dustin Hoffman.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
Fan Huge Fan Huge
Dustin Hoffman
Huge Fan
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I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
First Love
Firsts
Way
Suppose
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The acting world is a humbling experience, I find.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
Acting
Humbling
Humbling Experiences
World
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I would definitely describe myself as a workaholic.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
Describe Myself
Workaholic
Describe
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The accent is always critical for me because it informs a lot of the character.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
Accents
Character
Critical
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You're special, if you have some power in the world. People are looking at you and they think you're special.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
People
Special
Thinking
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Because I'm a filmmaker at heart, I know a villain can't be too humanized and the audience can't empathize with him too much.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
Heart
Too Much
Villain
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I think every soft child in the world gets damaged. All of of us come into the world and get damaged. It's just a matter of how much.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
Damaged
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I've always felt very comfortable with accents. Once I get an accent, I can do it, and that's just something I've been able to do my whole life.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
Able
Accents
Whole Life
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To some degree, Hollywood doesn't know what to do with me because the characters I do are so different. But hopefully, that will give me longevity.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
Give Me
Longevity
Me Will Know
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I grew up being fascinated by accents and dialects. One of the things that interested me were actors that were doing different characters, or sort of more caricatures.
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Actors
Character
Dialect
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Villains are not fun for me to play, as such. But caricature-ish, intense behaviors that are based on real human traits are interesting. That makes an interesting story.
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Fun
Play
Real
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Interestingly enough, the game I played the most ever was Street Fighter II, back in the day. That would probably still stick as one of my favourite games. Just being a bit of an '80s guy.
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Favourite
Interestingly
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My combined experiences, doing different films, has made me very concerned about and interested in how you protect your creative self when the work, by default, is going to be judged by people.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
Creative
People
Self
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I would love to do more acting; I really would love to do it, particularly character acting. I'm a character type of actor; I love situations where I've got a bit of room to improvise on the character.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
Acting
Actors
Character
Type
Particularly
Improvise
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In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such. I've had Sharlito, Sheldon, Charldo, really interesting variations on the name. Some of them can get it, but many can't.
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Nickname
Variations
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Different people call me different things. In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such. I've had Sharlito, Sheldon, Charldo, really interesting variations on the name.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
America
Different Things
Names
Struggle
Struggle Me People
Different People
Variations
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I did a lot of acting, funnily enough, unprofessionally, as a kid. From when I was 10 years old until I was about 19, I was always doing little sketches with my friends, and doing different accents and voices.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
Kids
Accents
Voice
Years
Sketches
Voices
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I feel very blessed to have had the opportunities that have already come. I want to pursue it as long as I can find characters that resonate with me and projects that resonate with me. I feel very comfortable in that world.
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Opportunity
Blessed
Character
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To be honest, I'm probably more of a comedy person, actually. I really enjoy the comedy stuff, and I've got some things I'll be working on that I think are just different ways of combining genres in comedy and drama and action.
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Combining
Different Ways
Action Drama Comedy
Genres
To Be Honest
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I feel so comfortable in an acting role, you know, as an actor. Maybe it's because I came into it late. If anything, I've felt frustrated that I can't carry a film because everything since 'District 9' has been supporting roles.
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Frustrated
District
Supporting
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That's what a powerful story does. It creates a more intense experience of life for you to watch. That's what a good film does for me, anyway. That process, I enjoy. It just makes for entertaining characters and entertaining films.
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Character
Powerful
Stories
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I always find the more you can draw on real life characters, people, situations, it works better. Certainly for designing a character, I prefer to draw on real people rather than other guys I've seen in movies, rather than 'here's my version of Clint Eastwood' or whoever.
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Real Life
Version
Clint
Clint Eastwood
Designing
Draw
Eastwood
Whoever
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You need that marketing power. You need to go do the interviews. You need to put yourself out there and risk and be open to the fact that people are going to not like you, and they are just going to rip you apart, and whatever you say in an interview can get quoted out of context.
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Marketing
Rip
Power Yourself People
Apart
Context
Interview
Quoted
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I'm not particularly fond of playing villains. I do want to be a working actor, and I've had to look at what was offered to me, what roles I could get, and what I could do with them. Even though I'm not drawn to putting those kinds of darker characters out there, I think it's an interesting challenge.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
Darker
Drawn
Fond
Offered
Villains
Working Actor
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At the end of the day, all you really have is your own sense of your artistic ability and I've always stuck with that my whole life. I guess there is always a bit of relief that I have and real joy of being able to engage other people who are talented, equally or better than you, and you can work with them.
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Artistic Ability
People
Real
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I'm not interested in going to casting after casting, trying to get into that game. So there is a part of me that knows that I will do more characters, even if I have to produce those projects myself to get those projects out there. If the right characters come along, I would love to. I would jump at the chance.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
Casting
Not Interested
Produce
Love Chance Myself
Jump
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Hopefully, you'll be able to find enough of an audience, each time, that you can keep working, rather than getting caught up in the Hollywood system, which can so quickly become about how much money something makes and how many people went to watch it. It's very alluring. It's such a powerful machine that's playing on you, the whole time.
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Machines
People
Powerful
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I walked out of... was it 'Stardust?' That thing with the witches? I was so looking forward to it, but I just couldn't handle it, man. Ten minutes in, and I was gone. I didn't have to walk out of 'Transformers 2' because I didn't go. I loved the first 'Transformers.' I loved it, but I heard too many of my friends walked out of the second one.
Sharlto Copley / Film Actor
Handle
Looking Forward
Stardust
Witches
Ten Minutes
Transformers
Walked
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There are a lot of people that have marginal powers, like a guy who levitates a little bit off the ground, or someone who can breathe a little bit of fire, or someone that can freeze a little bit of something, if it's really close to him, you say, "Well, what do you do with that? How is that useful?" There is so much of it around you and you're seeing it, it becomes the important thing in society.
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Fire
Guy
People
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I love comedy. I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way. I did a lot of acting, funnily enough, unprofessionally, as a kid. From when I was 10 years old until I was about 19, I was always doing little sketches with my friends, and doing different accents and voices. Probably about 3/4 of those were comedic, in some way, and the other 1/4 was more serious stuff or more action or more dramatic little pieces that I would make. But, I tend to lean towards comedy.
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Kids
First Love
Voice
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You aren't always going to make stuff that everybody does. The sooner that you just realize that and accept that, the better. At best, hopefully, you will like it, every time, and that might not even happen. It's the nature of your work. It's just what comes with it. So, it makes it easier to deal with anybody criticizing you or anything thinking you're wonderful when you realize that you just need to focus in this one area, which is your creative fulfillment and enjoyment.
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Creative
Focus
Thinking
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