Quotes about character
character play logic
You have to play the logic of a character. Emily Watson
character simple interesting
My character Lena is somebody who responds to people in a very simple way. I didn't have to take myself off to a darkened room to concentrate, I just had to try and be open. It's an interesting, subtle relationship.
character play important
It's very important to be able to distinguish the actors from the characters they play. Emily VanCamp
character moon two
I enjoy films where two characters are coming of age, just different ages. That's why I love 'Paper Moon' so much. Emma Forrest
character successful knives
Anatomize the character of a successful hostess and the knife will lay bare the fact that she owes her position to one of three things: either she is liked, or she is feared, or she is important. Elsa Maxwell
character play judging
As an actor, you can't judge. A great actress from Spain said, "We, the actors, are lawyers of the characters we play. We have to defend them, no matter what." Javier Bardem
character space house
I would love to take an old space and restore it to exactly the way I want it. Like an old factory, just something with great bones and lots of character. I'd take an old house and flip it into something very modern inside, or the other way around. Jason Wu
character opposites frustrated
A lot of actors are frustrated because they want to do things that are different and test themselves. Character actors are always looking for something the opposite of what they did. Jason Statham
character might nuance
...being written by someone who might not quite understand the subconscious nuance of the character leaves us in varying degrees of flatness. Jasper Fforde
character thinking ideas
I love the idea of playing a character that didn't over think everything. He knows what's in front of him and he has an ability to just say whatever he felt Jason Schwartzman
character voice people
When you're young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice. I hope people receive what I do as small, personal films that are somewhat contrarian about their main characters. Jason Reitman
character people kind
Humanizing good people is kind of boring and I don't really see the value in it... humanizing tricky characters is exhilarating, and making audience films out of indie subjects excites me.
character feel-better thinking
When characters change on screen, it makes you feel better about yourself. You think, 'Oh I change too, I'm constantly becoming a better person.'
character successful trying
I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we're doing here, or little stuff like, 'Why aren't I happier?' With every film I feel like I'm apologising for something. I feel I'm most successful when I'm looking for something that embarrasses me about my character that I'd like to expose.
character want open-minded
I want my audiences to be as open-minded as my characters.
character shadow tvs
It's difficult to get away from the shadow of a TV character. Jason Lee
character years people
I was on Stargate: Atlantis for four years, playing a similar character called Ronon, who was an alien that didn't say much and grunted. I've been there and done that. Whether people have seen it or not, you want to stretch. And then, while I waited, I got The Red Road, and I'd never gotten anything like that. Jason Momoa
character play superhero
I don't want to play a superhero. Drogo may not be Superman, but it is a phenomenal role. I didn't want to get typecast. Drogo is an exceptional character. Conan is iconic. Whether it does good or not, you just try to elevate it to the next level.
character thinking people
The measure of your character is not what you do when people are looking. It’s what you do when you think no one is looking. Jason Mraz
character years play
The idea of playing a character for even two years, to me feels claustrophobic - only because I want to play a lot of different people. Hilary Swank
character men peculiar
I am about to discuss the disease called 'sacred'. It is not, in my opinion, any more divine or more sacred that other diseases, but has a natural cause, and its supposed divine origin is due to men's inexperience, and to their wonder at its peculiar character. Hippocrates
character men personality
A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them. Herbert Read
character men foundation
The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in free men and women. Herbert Hoover
character men boys
The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.
character opportunity america
Progress will march if we hold an abiding faith in the intelligence, the initiative, the character, the courage, and the divine touch in the individual. We can safeguard these ends if we give to each individual that opportunity for which the spirit of America stands.
character criticism cottages
I, with other Americans, have perhaps unduly resented the stream of criticism of American life... more particularly have I resented the sneers at Main Street. For I have known that in the cottages that lay behind the street rested the strength of our national character.
character years fishing
Lots of people committed crimes during the year who would not have done so if they had been fishing. The increase of crime is among those deprived of the regenerations that impregnate the mind and character of the fisherman.
character law moral-fiber
National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals.
character soul my-soul
There is no place in my soul, no corner of my character, where God is not. Evelyn Underhill
character writing exercise
I regard writing not as an investigation of character but as an exercise in the use of language, and with this I am obsessed. Evelyn Waugh
character reality trying
I let the comedy come through the character and just try to make sure that everything is kind of rounded in a truth, in a reality, because that's what I need to make a character work. Eugene Levy
character family-love men
I am the common man. I'm polite, I love my family and I play by the rules. And sometimes I get pushed around. That's my lifestyle, and that's what I try to bring to characters.
character laughing comedian
One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian is someone who can stand up in front of an audience and make you laugh. I've never done stand-up and I never will. I'm a comic actor. My comedy comes through my characters.