Quotes about character
character reality play
Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality. Michael Sheen
character vampire fans
I'm a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters.
character men thinking
In terms of how prudish Americans were in the '40s and '50s, I have absolutely no idea. I do know about the character that I play. And I don't think it's about being prudish. I think it's about trying to balance a sense of control in this man's life.
character surface one-thing
As a general thing, I've always been drawn to characters who appear to be one thing on the surface, but are actually something else underneath.
character facts shut-up
They [my characters]speak to me all the time! In fact some of them never shut up! Michael Scott
character sitting alive
Most writers, I'm afraid, live very boring lives sitting in front of a screen. However, having said that: every writer puts a bit of themselves into the characters to bring them alive.
character thinking unhappy-childhood
Arthuriana has become a genre in itself, more like TV soap opera where people think they know the characters. All that's fair enough, but it does remove the mythic power of the feminine and masculine principles. So I prefer it in its original form, even if you have to wade through Mallory's 'Le Morte d'Arthur' - people smashing people for pages and pages! It still has the resonances of myth about it, which makes it work for me. I don't want to know if Mordred led an unhappy childhood or not. Michael Moorcock
character writing plot
Introduce your main characters and themes in the first third of your novel. If you are writing a plot-driven genre novel make sure all your major themes/plot elements are introduced in the first third, which you can call the introduction. Develop your themes and characters in your second third, the development. Resolve your themes, mysteries and so on in the final third, the resolution.
character stupidity
That wasn't love; that was stupidity. Sherrilyn Kenyon
character ideas good-ideas
Trust is always a good idea. For someone else.
character play games
If I want to play mind games, I'd buy a Rubik's cube. ~ Acheron, a character.
character instruction servant
Apprentices and servants are characters perfectly distinct: the one receives instruction, the other a stipulated price for his labour.
character people depth
The depth and strength of our character is defined by our moral code. People only reveal themselves when they're thrown out of the usual conditions of their lives. That's when the truth of who they are is revealed...
character stuff would-be
A lot of the jokes had some build-up to some nasty stuff. But most of it was all character situations leading to what the ultimate payoff would be for that character. Shawn Wayans
character order levels
In order to appeal to a wider audience on network in order to survive, generally your characters need to be, at a base level, a little bit more likable. Shawn Ryan
character important firsts
It was very important to me to choose a director like Gary [Ross], whose instincts come from character, who's a storyteller, and who puts characters first. Nina Jacobson
character going-out want
I took a fortnight off. But I'm not a great believer in breaks. I don't want to be rattling around inside my own head. I did feel I was spiralling into a Kathy Burke character and tried going out, but I prefer it here. Filming keeps me busy. It absorbs me. Nigella Lawson
character mean men
Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of power to pronounce the syllable, "No." To be able to utter that word and live alone, are the only means to preserve one's freedom and one's character. Nicolas Chamfort
character men enjoy
Many men and women enjoy popular esteem, not because they are known, but because they are not known.
character want instinct
Generally my instinct is to not do biographical movies. I want to build characters and not be locked into playing a part in history. Nicolas Cage
character trying want
When I work, I really try to get absorbed in the character. Unless I want to do something playful with the camera, I'm not too worried about where the camera is or positions.
character trying flaws
I do like characters that have flaws, some sort of pathos to them that they are trying to sort out.
character boys america
The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.
character madness
All of my characters have a glint of madness.
character thinking numbers
When you're playing supernatural characters, there's an infinite number of possibilities with a character. And I also think they're wonderful and entertaining for the whole family. You don't have a high body count ...
character home next-day
I've gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next day.
character giving understanding
I try to keep my characters raising more questions than giving answers. I don't want to leave too much on the table. I want you to have your connection and your secret understanding of the character.
character thinking creative
I find it inspiring and I always think when I'm working on something new, whether it's a new kind of character or a new kind of story or new kind of camera, it gets my creative wheels spinning.
character hollywood misperception
There is a misperception, if you will, in critical response or even in Hollywood, that I can only do exaggerated characters. Or what they would call over-the-top performances. Well, this is completely false.
character answers attractive
The best characters are the ones that somehow manage to be both attractive and repulsive at the same time. If you do that, you're at the center of the universe - if you can find characters who are more ambiguous and can raise more questions than answers.
character angel play
When I play supernatural characters in 'Ghost Rider' or 'City Of Angels,' the possibilities are limitless. The possibilities are endless, you can do so much with that.
character perfect humanity
I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs.
character dark dramatic
I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies.