Lorraine Toussaint Character Quotations

When you're playing a real character, you want to honor that person and receive inspiration from that person. They need to anoint you in some way that allows you to borrow just a small piece of their soul. That is the flame.

I've sort of prided myself on playing characters with conscience. The first way I go about creating a character is looking at that area of conscience. What have they done, and what has it cost.

You can't play history and you can't play historical characters. You just have to reduce it to the ordinary.

I love characters that are very layered and complex. It's more exciting and different than any simple role- plus, I love a good challenge.

As an actor, I usually have to find something to love about my character in order to play her.