Quotes about character
character thinking choices
I don't think you have to like a character, but if you can understand why they do what they do, or the position they're in or why they make certain choices, then you can get behind them. Christian Cooke
character cat army
The events inspired characters that truly existed, as well as fictitious people I had to invent. Sometimes the harsh reality was too much, too absurd. This was the case with the story of the cat who roamed from one trench to another and in the film ended up being imprisoned. In reality, the tom cat was accused of spying and was arrested by the French army, and then shot according to regulations. Christian Carion
character men shoes
Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth, they are not playing with the inner character. That is why women are happy to wear painful shoes. Christian Louboutin
character shoes grace
Cinderella is not only an iconic character when it comes to beauty, grace and fairytale love, but also shoes.
character talking people
As soon as I feel people are talking too much about my character, it's time to leave. Chris Noth
character thinking guy
I don't know that 'NCIS: Los Angeles' is a complete reinvention, but I'm playing one of the guys in charge this time. Before I'd be cast as a young impressionable character. I think part of that is just being more mature. Chris O'Donnell
character responsibility men
I care about Roger Sterling, one of the most subtle and amazing characters in dramatic history [Mad men]. This guys who knows precisely who he is, yet leaves us time after time hoping desperately for him to finally grab control of his life and some responsibility for those around him. Chris Matthews
character people approach
Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do Chris Hemsworth
character people guy
You get the part, sign the contract and start to realize millions of people follow this guy and know more about your character than you do
character sometimes villain
Sometimes there is more exploration in the character for a villain.
character interesting conflict
The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.
character independent actors
You have the massive world that was created by Marvel, and then you have these very intimate actors around you. There was as much character work on this as there would be on a little independent film. So, I felt very fortunate in that sense.
character tv-shows television
You can say "ass," but you can't say "asshole." That's why I always cringe when a character in a TV show refers to someone as an "ass." Unless you're British, calling someone an ass really doesn't work. But those are the rules of television. You can be a dirtbag, but not a scumbag. Gilbert Gottfried
character eye details
Comedy historians take note: this Gottfried character doesn't have the best eye for detail - and, for a Jew, he doesn't have the best eye for retail, either.
character men mind
Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing. Francis Bacon
character play layers
The thing about the classics it that they are such great characters, they have a great deal of depth and different layers to them. I always find that very stimulating to play. Frances O'Connor
character trying smokers
I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation. Francesca Annis
character kids white
Sometimes she wore Levi's with white-suede fringe sewn down the legs and a feathered Indian headdress, sometimes old fifties' taffeta dresses covered with poetry written in glitter, or dresses made of kids' sheets printed with pink piglets or Disney characters. Francesca Lia Block
character writing cutting
Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don't be afraid to make your characters suffer. Read what you love. Write what you love. Love.
character acting want
That's what I love about acting, is playing different roles. I want to work for the character, and not make it work for me. Fran Kranz
character home gone
I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home. Fran Drescher
character mirrors climbing
I try to serve the character all the time; this one took a lot of work and was consuming. It's like climbing up a ladder and sometimes you're afraid to face yourself so you make excuses; you avoid going to the top of the ladder and look in the mirror. Forest Whitaker
character human-condition grows
I'm just looking for characters that continue to make me stretch and grow and learn more about the human condition.
character thinking people
I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.
character tribes culture
I was pretty much consumed by this character. Even when I was off, I was continually searching to find something else new about [Idi] Amin, and to embed myself deeper into the culture to the point that, in the end, I was so entrenched that I could tell what tribe someone was from just by looking at them.
character stay-true projects
I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character.
character thinking uganda
I certainly don' think I could've played the character [Idi Amin] the same way without being in Uganda. I loved working in Uganda.
character play light
I like to play complex characters and the duality, and trying to reach for the light, it's more interesting really. I've gotten to play so many types of guys and I just try to find the humanity in each one of them the best I can.
character together connections
I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you.
character uganda trying
Trying to understand, inside, what it is to be Ugandan was crucial to the character, because there are Ugandan ways of doing things that I was trying to capture. Even if I had made this movie in South Africa, it would not have been the same, because it is so specific to Uganda.
character thinking gossip
People who are well-known, famous people, I think, make very poor characters for fiction. They make good characters for gossip columns. But not for fiction. Fran Lebowitz
character people literature
You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
character firsts individual
[T]he first transactions of a nation, like those of an individual upon his first entrance into life make the deepest impression, and are to form the leading traits in its character. George Washington