Quotes about character
character people littles
Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters. Margaret Halsey
character men blood
The only men who can turn my blood stream into a condition resembling heavy surf are good-looking heels with characters as intricately unpleasant as the sewers of Paris. With decent and honorable gents, I come all over Platonic. Was ever a woman so perverse and wrongheaded? Margaret Halsey
character intelligent thinking
Thinking is the place where intelligent actions begin. We pause long enough to look more carefully at a situation, to see more of its character, to think about why it's happening, to notice how it's affecting us and others Margaret J. Wheatley
character men
The greatest possesion of man is character Marcus Garvey
character interesting people
Nowadays, especially in big commercial films it's much easier for the audience, and they tend to get spoonfed. It's much more interesting to me, people leave the theater and they start asking themselves questions and find their own moral compass about what these characters have been doing. Michael Fassbender
character decision might
Sometimes if I stick in a character too much I feel like I might start to get blinkered, because I'm making my decisions too definite. Michael Fassbender
character judging trying
Trying to identify and understand, as opposed to judging, is very important for me, in approaching characters. Michael Fassbender
character want agree
The public wants elected officials who have character. The public wants elected officials who are willing to stand up and say things, even if they don't agree with them. Michael Bloomberg
character flesh enough
When you have a show that's called Jessica Jones, if Jessica Jones isn't in a scene the rest of it become almost irrelevant until you earn other character storylines. You've got to flesh out those characters enough that you can travel. Melissa Rosenberg
character my-favorite comic
Trish "Patsy" Walker is just one of my favorite characters and she was a big comic character in the '40s. Melissa Rosenberg
character two interesting
To me, to spend all the time and energy and face all those creative challenges that you would spend for a two hour movie, you're inventing a world, you're inventing characters. If they're interesting enough, they should be compelling enough to go for five more episodes. How incredibly frustrating would it be to just do one movie? Melissa Rosenberg
character writing awkward
I love Charlie, Billy Burke's character. Writing for him is so spectacular, he's so funny and wry and every scene he's in he just takes. There's a scene in 'Eclipse' where Bella tells him she's a virgin, and it's the funniest, most awkward scene I've ever seen on film. Melissa Rosenberg
character thinking long
I do think comedy needs to be a living thing, but I think without a great script and fully realized characters, you cannot keep it living. Otherwise it just becomes long and rambling indulgent. Melissa McCarthy
character shy mess
I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess. Melissa McCarthy
character writing trouble
Once you start writing a character visually, you're in trouble. Melissa McCarthy
character tasks genius
There is one qualification the manager cannot acquire but must bring to the task. It is not genius; it is character. Peter Drucker
character leader quality
Quality of character doesn't make a leader, but the lack of it flaws the entire process. Peter Drucker
character occupation fictional-character
I do like to embed a fictional character firmly in an occupation. Penelope Lively
character grace gold
It's a level of strength and character that few of us can imagine; a grace under pressure that few of us will ever attain. It's why an Olympic gold medal would not have made us love or admire her more. Peggy Fleming
character order mirrors
What I can say is that all my characters are searching for their souls, because they are my mirrors. I'm someone who is constantly trying to understand my place in the world, and literature is the best way that I found in order to see myself. Paulo Coelho
character dialogue wacky
I'm good at coming up with wacky characters and funny dialogue. Marlon Wayans
character theatre who-you-are
Nobody "becomes" a character. You can't act unless you are who you are. Marlon Brando
character dove inferno
His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerged charred doves. Marisha Pessl
character meticulous spilling
It was as if Hannah had sprung a leak and her character, usually so meticulous and contained, was spilling all over the place. Marisha Pessl
character hands drawing
The most natural thing for us is drawing. The characters [in Persepolis] are hand drawn. We're not technical people. We don't know how to type. Marjane Satrapi
character way etc
You draw the character from all angles - side, profile, back, etc. so the animator has this character in all the ways it looks like. Marjane Satrapi
character ifs
If everything was going smoothly you would never build character. Maria Sharapova
character air shows
Nobody's ever kept their sitcom character going after the show's off the air. Megan Mullally
character roles film
When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters. Meat Loaf
character thinking perfect
When the people you've already worked with are very talented and you know what they can do, if you think of a character that happens to be perfect for them, then you make it happen. Maurissa Tancharoen
character writing years
I write poems about relationships, love relationships, and I'm not able to do that all the time. I could go two years without writing poems, and then write a dozen. Having a novel to work on, with the intricate puzzle of character and plot to work out, is satisfying for the time there is no poetry. May Sarton
character people mind
What it comes down to is I don't mind if Superman kills people because he has no reason not to kill people. I know that one of the tenets of the character is that he doesn't, but the reason that he doesn't is because having that much power makes you responsible for weaker people. Max Landis
character writing people
You cannot write down how people are good; you just know it, and cannot get away from it. Max Hastings