It is creatively liberating to explore roles that are not perceived as good, as art would be boring if actors only played ideal characters.

“I don't want to play people who are perceived as good all the time because I think films and and art would be very boring as a result”

An actor should fully commit to a character's traits as written in the script to ensure the story works, even if those traits are unlikable.

“Tom gave me this advice and he was like for the ending to work you have to completely lean in to that everybody else in the movie is questioning their own ability questioning if they're ready for this Mission you're the only guy in this whole thing that's not questioning it right”

He argues that embracing negative fan reactions and triggering the audience is an effective skill for a professional wrestling heel.

“it was so easy to do because it was so as I saw how easy it was to trigger the fans you know and it's like I don't know that's like a skill that uh I don't even want to call it a skill I if you just look you know you know what people get upset about you see it on social media sure just just embrace ”

He prefers portraying unlikable, annoying heel characters because he views getting heat and audience hatred as a professional badge of honor.

“i wear that as a baggage of honor or they uh they see me for what i am and that is one of the best characters on impact”

Mickie James believes that being able to step into the Hardcore Country character allowed her to be authentic and comfortable as herself in a wrestling setting.

“Hardcore Country is me. Is me. I think it's, you know, that's why that was the opportunity finally like just step authentically. I didn't have to be anything else but me. And I' that's who I'm most comfortable out there being.”

He created the Jimmy Wang Yang gimmick by drawing from his own upbringing and acquaintances to make the character as ridiculous as possible.

“I got my material from people I grew up around and I just made it as ridiculous as possible.”

He prefers to be himself rather than forcing a specific heel or face persona.

“Could you ever be anything but a heel? I will always be myself. People can choose to cheer or boo or whatever.”

Charles Wright claims that the Godfather character was successful because he developed it himself to be a genuine representation of his own personality.

“i think it's just it's gonna be the godfather it's going to be my personality and it's going to be you know my body of work man i mean i was involved in so much stuff from papashango and the warrior yep okay to uh the nation of domination with the rock to the whole attitude era to godfather i was al”