Quotes about character
character doubt different
I wonder whether I should gain anything by the attempt to assume a character which is not mine. My wavering manner, born of doubt and scruple, has at least the advantage of rendering all the different shades of my thought, and of being sincere. If it were to become terse, affirmative, resolute, would it not be a mere imitation? Henri Frederic Amiel
character support democracy
The danger of having the Constitution twisted and misconstrued to support vested interests and prejudices must be guarded against if American democracy is to maintain a progressive character. Helen Keller
character doubt trying
Ever since I became a Muslim, I've had to deal with attempts to damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast doubt on my character and trying to connect me to causes which I do not subscribe to. Cat Stevens
character thinking notes
I think when you have a character as richly drawn, I suppose then there are subconscious, mental notes that you've made. Cate Blanchett
character journey thinking
I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism. I think the journey of understanding any character is to see how they tick and how they differ from you.
character two imagination
o matter how much research you do, or invention you do, whether it's a character from a novel, a completely invented character or someone who actually existed, it's a work of faction. By the very fact you only have an hour and a half or two hours to tell a story, you're telescoping events and it is, in the end, a work of imagination.
character thinking way
I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do.
character ugly emotion
I have the embarrassing thing where often if you're watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and the thought stages that your character went through, but you sort of do it with Tourette's. So I end up often crying when I'm crying, and looking angry when I'm looking angry, so it's pretty ugly.
character mean makeup
I've got a funny old face. Someone described it once, and I think they were being kind, as character. But I know what they mean! I've never been that conventional. I suppose maybe it means that my face can look different in different lights, so I just try and sort of keep it simple when I'm going out, to still look like me.
character thinking who-we-are
Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character.
character men said
You could know a man not by what his friends said about him, but by how he treated his servants. Cassandra Clare
character needs theory
If we need a true conception of the popular character to guide our sympathies rightly, we need it equally to check our theories, and direct us in their application. George Eliot
character destiny aphorism
'Character," says Novalis, in one of his questionable aphorisms - character is destiny'.
characters comics dc greatest
Aquaman is one of the greatest characters at DC Comics and one of my favorites. Geoff Johns
characters egyptian evolve greek premise
Apollo, Athena, these are characters out of Greek mythology-we used a lot of the Egyptian mythology, as well. And we tapped into the premise of, you know, Who is mankind? Where did we evolve from? Richard Hatch
characters chosen essentials forced handful himself limited limits playwright situation
A playwright who limits himself - or is limited - to a handful of characters is forced to concentrate on the essentials of the situation that he has chosen to portray. Terry Teachout
character complain control fool self takes understanding
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. Dale Carnegie
character far given great last movies tortured
As far as... what they've given me so far, in the last two movies -- I feel like I have the most kind of tortured character in the movies and so it's always great to play as an actor, James Franco
characters settings
As a writer, I'm driven by settings. Others are driven by characters or predicaments, but with me, settings come first.
character funny great sides useless
As a character he is really great because he has got the funny sides and the comedy, but he also is kind of useless sometimes. Matthew Lewis
characters empowering female kicks
As a female there aren't too many characters that are very empowering, and there's something very empowering about Lara Croft. She kicks butt and she does it in style. She's confident and she's educated. Camilla Luddington
character context react respond role situation within
As an actor, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world.
characters constantly lighter lightness
As an actor, I'm constantly striving to find the darkness in the lighter characters and the lightness in the darker characters. Joel Edgerton
characters romeo
Romeo and Juliet were stunning and beautiful, but a lot of the other characters surrounding them were caricatures. Douglas Booth
character choice criticized effect emotional herbert images internal monologue movies moving narrative novels perhaps state stopping watching
Perhaps one of the things I'll get criticized for, ... is the choice not to use the internal monologue that Herbert used in the book. If you use the voice-over narrative -- if you use it to tell the emotional state of a character while you're watching that character -- it has the effect of stopping the motion picture. Movies are images and moving pictures. Novels are words.
characters grounded perhaps
Perhaps it's because I am reading romance differently than I did when I was younger, but I like my characters older. Grounded in reality. And nothing is more real than kids.
character elizabeth liked obliged queen sent shakespeare word
Queen Elizabeth liked Falstaff's character so much that she sent word that she'd like to see more of Falstaff. Shakespeare was one of the first to be obliged to resurrect a character.
character cotton included signed stretched strong wire
Our American forebears included Cotton Mather and Oliver Wolcott, who signed the Declaration of Independence, and we were told that a strong wire of character stretched from them through all generations of our family. Sister Parish
characters chosen happened love offered people
People say they love the characters I've chosen in my career. But I didn't choose anything. I just happened to be working and these were offered to me. Michael K. Williams
character god people reveals sports teaches word
People say sports teaches character but that's not true. Sports reveals character and then the word of God can come into a life.
characters people tortured
People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there's a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write. Mike White
characters invent whatever wrinkles
Or invent new wrinkles or characters or whatever to keep them fresh.
character lost planning straight
No one was ever lost on a straight road.