Quotes about character
character thinking way
I'm probably an actor that tends to, instead of putting things on, think about it more in terms of taking away what's not in the character, until I'm left with what is. If that makes sense. That's probably a particularly American way of working, but maybe not. The end of any movie is a readjustment. Molly Parker
character fighting artist
It was this feeling for a lot of my characters, who are dissidents or banned artists and writers, that they had had to fight living under so much surveillance, and then suddenly they come to America and they're like, I'm not being surveilled - I'm not even being noticed at all. Molly Antopol
character thinking israel
With the Israel stories, it was for me the most surprising way the title would fit in. I kept thinking about, for a lot of my Israeli characters, what it was like to inherit such a complicated and symbiotic relationship to America and to feel how tangled that is, and it's nothing that they chose to do themselves.
character trying research
So it was doing all this research or going to the archives or doing all these interviews or traveling, and then trying as much as I can to delete all of that research in a later draft so that all the reader cares about is the characters.
character desire machines
So if there was a way that I knew something about my character's desires or the things that they were resisting because I was saving it for some grand epiphany moment for my readers, I just feel like that's when you can feel the machine at work in a story. That's when you can feel the writer pulling the strings of the puppet.
character interesting stories
So in the drafting process, whenever I would discover something about what my character wanted or didn't want, I immediately just wanted my character to admit to that so I could get to the next, more interesting level in the story.
character two years
Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters. Milos Forman
character thinking self
The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself.
character clothes people
People forget that actors are actors, who are looking to put on the clothes and the character, and then shed it just as easily. Milo Ventimiglia
character people attention
For me, what grabs my attention about the project is usually the character immediately and then the story, and then the people that are involved.
character play trying
You have to have sympathy for the villain. Even the most disgusting ones, you have to find something to connect with. I try to put as much of myself in every single character that I play.
character play actors
As an actor it's like, go with whatever excites you as an actor. What are you're going to invest yourself in as a character? What are you going to get into? Have a variety of characters to play.
character squares giving
The same thing will happen in China that happened in Chile. Political freedom will ultimately break out of its shackles. Tiananmen Square was only the first episode. It is headed for a series of Tiananmen Squares. It cannot continue to develop privately and at the same time maintain its authoritarian character politically. It is headed for a clash. Sooner or later, one or the other will give. Milton Friedman
character quality deterioration
In the 1960s, The National Education Association changed its character. The NEA changed into a union. And from that point on you can see deterioration in the quality of schooling in the United States.
character adversity thinking
I think it was coach Lombardi that said, 'Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.' And that's so true. Mike Sherman
character play laughing
I'd love to do comedy. I'd probably have to get my laughing fits in check, because generally if I've done comedy, I'm usually the straight character that plays against the very obviously funny character, so that's really hard when the person is really hilarious. Nathalie Emmanuel
character thinking roles
I think once you've allocated an actor to the role that the character will evolve slightly.
character thinking roles
What draws me to roles, I think, are moments - moments that define character, where so much more of the story is told in just a moment - a look, a line, a short scene, but something that speaks a volume, something that speaks to me. Nathan Fillion
character breathing people
When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.
character firefly light
I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
character ensemble great-friend
'Desperate Housewives' is an ensemble cast, where I played a tertiary character. I made a lot of great friends, but that show didn't keep me very busy.
character play feels
I relate to those characters - and any character I play - in as much as I put myself in their positions and feel how I would personally deal with their experiences.
character breathing people
When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.
character spy television
I'll tell you what I really enjoy. We all go to the movies, we all watch television, we know what they're about, how they work. When the main character is a cop or a spy, it's very exciting, but I also very much enjoy when the main characters are nobodies - a trucker.
character play high-school
I don't want to play high schoolers anymore. I guess I don't feel that way. I just want to play characters who are really good. Nat Wolff
character creation grows
What characters do must grow out of who they are, and who they are is, in turn, influenced by what you make happen to them. Nancy Kress
character emotional people
Changers are characters who alter in significant ways as a result of the events of your story. They learn something or grow into better or worse people, but by the end of the story they are not the same personalities they were in the beginning. Their change, in its various stages, is called the story's emotional arc.
character plot conflict
Conflict is the place where character and plot intersect.
character people three
You must learn to be three people at once: writer, character, and reader.
character writing two
Every paragraph should accomplish two goals: advance the story, and develop your characters as complex human beings.
character america islam
America has always welcomed anyone willing to assimilate to its national character. But radical Islam rejects assimilation and is bent on the conquest of our national character. Nancy Pearcey
character want consumers
Consumers no longer want only a great product - they want to buy products from companies that align with their own character and values. Muhtar Kent
character creating roles
I love saying dialogue and creating a full character more than just being physical. But I always end up doing physical stuff in my roles. Kelly Stables