Jeff Wachtel quotes

It is always character first and story second.
-- Jeff Wachtel

#Character

I know that a lot of people like to say "formula." I think that as soon as you start to have a formula imputed to your work, you're in danger of becoming formulaic. So the one formula I have as a rule is falling in love with the material.
-- Jeff Wachtel

#Falling In Love #Thinking #People

When people say formula, there's almost a little bit of a negative construct to it. It's nice when people describe someone as a "hit factory," but it makes it sound like you're just making baked beans or something.
-- Jeff Wachtel

#Nice #People #Negative

Really, the idea of creating consistent quality of a show is complicated. It's not like making refrigerators. There's something very specific to each one of the shows, each episode of each show and that involves a really great team doing great work.
-- Jeff Wachtel

#Team #Quality #Complicated

Celebrity is a national drama whose characters' parts and plots are written by the tabloids, gossip columnists, websites and interactive buttons. The famous don't actually have to turn up to their own lives at all.

Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile.

You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

The Srimad-Bhagavatam states that any bona fide preacher of God consciousness must have the qualities of titiksa (tolerance) and karuna (compassion). In the character of Lord Jesus Christ we find both these qualities.

A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.

I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.

Mammootty sir is an idol for me.. His uniqueness in developing characters is quite amazing

But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.

I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man, or any of that. I'm a character actor.

I'm a character actor.