When you shoot a movie, the camera is always taking, taking, taking and not giving anything back. Rodrigo Santoro More Quotes by Rodrigo Santoro More Quotes From Rodrigo Santoro I don't want to be in a position where I'm playing roles I'm comfortable with and making money, but doing it without feeling like I'm growing. Rodrigo Santoro growing roles feelings I enjoy playing evil, but not one-dimensional evil characters. I like the ebbs and cracks in the armor. Rodrigo Santoro cracks evil character In Brazil, when you say you're going to be an artist you always get that point of view that this is a crazy career and you might not make it. In my case, it kind of happened. Rodrigo Santoro crazy kind artist In a lot of roles, strong women feel like they need to apologize. But men don't need to apologize for being ruthless and women somehow do? Rodrigo Santoro strong-women roles needs I love both the sun and the moon, day and night. But I enjoy the day the most because I live in Rio and I can play sports. Rodrigo Santoro moon sports night The distance, being far away from your home, from your family, that's not easy. There are times when you say, 'Wow, what a fight, what a battle.' Rodrigo Santoro fight you family home In life, usually, even if you live in a big city, you can count on your fingers on one hand how many real friends you have; that's human. Rodrigo Santoro city you friends life I'm a spiritual person. I'm not very religious. I was raised Catholic, but I am influenced a lot by Buddhism and Hinduism. Rodrigo Santoro i-was-raised person i-am spiritual I need to surf - surf and yoga. Whenever I'm in L.A., I go down to San Diego to surf for the weekend, and I always come back perfect. Rodrigo Santoro down go weekend perfect My mom and my dad are still together, but so many of my friends who got married just a few years ago aren't. Maybe it's that we compare ourselves to our parents' generation, thinking, 'Who's still together, and are they happy?' Rodrigo Santoro parents together happy thinking It's hard, the green screen; it's a different way of working. Rodrigo Santoro hard green different way Definitely as an actor, the experience you have, at least I'm talking for me, my experience as an actor is you go to the set and know what you're going to do, know your lines, you rehearse, you do your scene, you go back home. As a producer, for the first time I saw the whole picture in a completely different way. Rodrigo Santoro me experience home time I take a role because it makes sense to me, rationally. Rodrigo Santoro sense because take me Sometimes in Brazil, I work harder to make characters different and believable and to overcome the persona I have. Rodrigo Santoro brazil different work sometimes In film, you're always using your tools, your body, your voice, your emotions, but onstage, you use them in a different way. Rodrigo Santoro you voice body way I never make a choice thinking about the results. I'm never gonna take a role or a project thinking where this could - what this could bring me or something like that, because you've got no control about anything, actually. Rodrigo Santoro control me you thinking I tend to - every time I step onto the set until the time I go back to the hotel, I just try to be in character all the time. Rodrigo Santoro step hotel time character I actually have a piece of the wardrobe of most of the characters that I've played. I always ask for something. Rodrigo Santoro ask something always wardrobe There is a friend of mine that is very into the comic book world, and he showed me '300,' and I looked at it, and I said, 'Wow, that could be a great film.' Rodrigo Santoro great me book world When I walk around, I look at people and observe people. Rodrigo Santoro observe walk look people
