Quotes about character
character ideas stories
It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can "take over" as they develop and change the author's original ideas. Well, it certainly happens to me at times. Margaret Mahy
character way
In a way, the characters often do take over. Margaret Mahy
character men color
May we continue to remember not to judge man by the color of his skin, but the content of his character. Michael Jackson
character video albums
I've seen lawyers who don't represent me and spokespeople who do not know me speaking for me. These characters always seem to surface with dreadful allegations just as another project, an album, a video is being released. Michael Jackson
character color skins
The color of a person's skin had nothing to do with the content of their character. Michael Jackson
character thinking play
Sometimes I like to think that characters you play are all the other people you could've been in a lifetime. Mia Maestro
character gay way
The way I approach the character isn't about being gay or straight. It's just about who you love. Gender has very little to do with it. Mia Kirshner
character matter melissa
No matter what the character is, I just say to myself 'If I, Melissa George, was in that situation, how would I react?' and once you do that you can just go for it, and hopefully the performance comes through. Melissa George
character actresses feels
I feel like a character actress - it's where I'm comfortable. Melanie Lynskey
character directors stories
I always choose my movie because of a director and a story and a, a character. Melanie Laurent
character practice hands
I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that, it's about the director taking your hand. Melanie Laurent
character climate
The climate informs the character. Melissa Leo
character voice clothes
In the Emperor's New Clothes, they got a different celebrity to do each voice. They drew up a picture of each character and then each actor wrote their own part Melissa Joan Hart
characteristics humans
There is not a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American. Mark Twain
character men judging
To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours. Mark Twain
character writing land
The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell, together, as quickly as possible. Mark Twain
character home typewriters
I will now claim - until dispossesed - that I was the first person in the world to apply the typewriter to literature. ... The early machine was full of caprices, full of defects- devilish ones. It had as many immoralities as the machine of today has virtues. After a year or two I found that it was degrading my character, so I thought I would give it to Howells. ... He took it home to Boston, and my morals began to improve, but his have never recovered. Mark Twain
character poor fine
There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Mark Twain
character enemy indication
Enemies are an indication of character. Mary Roberts Rinehart
character style towers
The skyscraper style first advocated by Louis Sullivan - a tower of strongly vertical character with clear definitions among base, shaft, and crown - has remained remarkably consistent throughout the history of this building type. Martin Filler
character building-up levers
Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character. Martin Farquhar Tupper
character views nihilism
In Nietzsche's view nihilism is not a Weltanschauung that occurs at some time and place or another; it is rather the basic character of what happens in Occidental history. Martin Heidegger
character fighting judging
You can't judge a character that you're playing, because then you're fighting against doing what the character's doing. Marshall Allman
character compassion matter
To act, no matter how the character is, you have to love and have compassion for the character you're playing. Marshall Allman
character men sensitive-man
Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes. Marquis de Sade
character long chemistry
You can make low-budget film as long as there is something compelling about the characters. There is a believability in the chemistry and a likeability amongst the characters. Mark McGrath
character men rights
The lovely thing is, if Marvel had a Spider-Man movie over at Sony or something, they own the rights to the character, and the editors and producers make suggestions and get notes and things. But you're talking about Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman. They're two of the best people in the world. The notes are just things like, "This is absolutely brilliant." Mark Millar
character skills results
If you don't demonstrate leadership character, your skills and your results will be discounted, if not dismissed. Mark Millar
character ideas people
You kind of worry for the characters in a way that you don't normally in sci-fi, because sci-fi tends to be about the ideas, and this is about people. Mark Millar
character thinking historical
In general, I think my freedom of invention is not limited when I use historical characters. Mario Vargas Llosa
character roger actresses
I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers. Marilyn Monroe
character people wigs
Every woman is a character - but people need to see I'm a regular human. It's like you wear a pink wig and you're no longer human all of sudden. Nicki Minaj
character thinking play
No one thinks they're irritating. Nobody thinks they're boring. So if you're playing a character like that you have to play them as how they think of themselves. Nick Moran