Sharlto Copley Quotes

The accent is always critical for me because it informs a lot of the character.

You're special, if you have some power in the world. People are looking at you and they think you're special.

The acting world is a humbling experience, I find.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way.

I would definitely describe myself as a workaholic.

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.