Quotes about character
character people building
When you're building a character, or at least when I'm building a character, you start saying, 'How am I going to make people like him? John Sandford
character writing knowing
I don't write [screenplay character] biographies beforehand. I usually go in knowing some sequences: this is where I want to start, this is where I want to end. John Sayles
character needs scripts
To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when you ask what's left, they say: 'Well, the typing is very good.'
character acting tough
The hardest thing about movie acting is that if you're playing a character who changes within the movie, you've got to do that, but you've got to do it out of sequence, because we never have gotten to shoot in sequence, and that's really, really tough.
character writing knowing
I never actually do rehearsals. That's one of the reasons that I write those bios and if I can meet with the actors I'll meet them or talk to them on the phone. What I want is for them to come on set knowing their lines and knowing who the character is.
character fiction robots
The great mystery is why robots come off so well in science-fiction films when the human characters are often so astoundingly wooden. John Podhoretz
character air worry
My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air. Martin Milner
character writing knowing
When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there. Martin McDonagh
character devil earth
For the devil is better pleased with coarse blockheads and with folks who are useful to nobody; because where such characters abound, then things do not go on prosperously here on earth. Martin Luther
character men drunk
That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want to ascertain a man's true character, make him drunk.
character people watches
People doing rote assembly-line movements, or someone tossing dough over and over in a pizza parlour is boring. It’s boring to watch and boring to perform. But if you’re a bad pizza thrower who drops the dough or watches it stick to the ceiling, then we know something more about your character.
character doctors evil
Interestingly, this character [Doctor Nash] is probably closer to me than somebody like the evil Sir Godfrey in Robin Hood or Lord Blackwood who wants to take over the world in Sherlock Holmes. This is a character that's English, he's based in London, and so it's closer to me than a lot of stuff I've been doing recently. Mark Strong
character thinking games
I loved making The Imitation Game and it's really gratifying to hear the audience's response to the character that I play. It was just a little thing that I did because I really liked the film and I liked Benedict [Cumberbatch] and I loved Morten's [director Morten Tyldum] previous film, Headhunters. For me, it was something I did thinking, "Wow, this is a lovely quality piece of work."
character thinking wow
I'm not a writer, inherently. Most of the writers I've met have stories they need to tell. I don't have that. I'm an interpreter. I like getting a script, seeing a character and thinking, "Oh, wow, I know what I can do with that."
character dark opportunity
It's great to have the chance to play a character before he goes to the dark side, or the yellow side if you will. Normally, you don't get that opportunity. The narrative of a movie usually demands that you are that guy from the start.
character feelings driven
I like characters that do big things boldly and are driven by intensely personal feelings. Mark Pellegrino
character ideas play
Happiness, that's obviously different for everybody, but what I call my joy, the thing that makes me feel incredibly satiated, is my family, and then I get to go and play out all of my ideas and feelings through all these different characters. Nicole Kidman
character looks concerned
When I'm [playing] a character, I can look at it and know it's not me and not be concerned with how it looks. Nick Jonas
character men trying
One of the scariest things to me was, I really feel like I'm a pretty even-keeled person with a good outlook and respect level, but in that environment, deep within the character, you see how easy it is to go to that place because you're one-upping each other and it's this heavy environment filled with young men trying to make an impression. It's dangerous. It's something that I became very conscious of afterwards.
character writing stripes
I'm still kind of a hapless character in my everyday life. But when it comes to the writing, my influences are very old influences. I love American music of absolutely all stripes, including show tunes, advertising jingles, theme tunes from quiz shows, all kinds of American music. Nick Lowe
character views easier
It was easier to know a character's point of view than it was to figure out what your point of view was. Nick Kroll
character thinking trying
When you're playing something, hopefully, if you're doing your best, you're advocating for your character and you're not trying to think too much.
character thinking interesting
It's certainly more interesting for me as an actor, but I think it's also more interesting for the audience to see three-dimensional characters, rather than just a bad guy or a good guy. Nicholas Lea
character add stories
Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience.
character ideas depth
I wanted more in depth ideas about the character and it never came.
character guy good-guy
That's sort of what I like about this character is that he's not the good guy, he's not truly the bad guy.
character different nickelodeon
I'm so into playing different characters, even when I was on Nickelodeon. I just observe. Nick Cannon
character literature classic
There's a wealth of literature out there which, hopefully, will be, you know, exploded in the future, and I personally find it very rewarding to be involved with classic storytelling, and sort of legendary characters. Sean Bean
character journey interesting
It was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters.
character thinking left
I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you.
character thinking excess-baggage
I sort of leave the character at the end of the day. I don't carry anything around with me - no excess baggage or unnecessary thoughts. I think it's too exhausting to do that. To put things into perspective - your work is your work, and your leisure time is something else.
character fighting class
Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he's full of confidence - but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease.
character very-good ifs
If you have a very good concept of your character, you can snap into it.