Quotes about character
character ties giving
There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the part. I chose that my character hadn't been married, he'd worked his way up the chain of command. For a small cameo role, I gave it a lot of thought. Mark Goddard
character men interesting
That's what makes characters interesting. If Sherlock [Holmes] had started out being a straightforward man, we wouldn't be talking about him now. If he became one, that would be interesting. But you have to give him somewhere to go, as [Conan] Doyle did. Mark Gatiss
character evil guy
[Toby Jones] is completely different. It's a completely different character. He's the darkest villain we've had. There was always something charming and engaging about Moriarty. There was something fascinating and actually amoral, rather than immoral, about Charles Augustus Magnussen. This guy is the purest evil. Sherlock [Holmes] is actually appalled by him. Mark Gatiss
character opportunity thinking
I think theater has given me the opportunity to show what a character actor I can be. Mark Hamill
character thinking people
People think being remembered most for one character is a negative thing, but I don't. I never expected to be remembered for anything! Mark Hamill
character thinking way
I think I've learnt that there is no character so strange that you haven't shared their experience in some small way. Mark Haddon
character creating way
The way of creating believable characters is not by conforming to a set of PC rules. Mark Haddon
character thinking people
I think one of the things you have to learn if you're going to create believable characters is never to make generalizations about groups of people. Mark Haddon
character kids home
Her [Aunt May] values and his [ Spiderman] traumas are kind of what's defined him as a young boy and now that he's becoming a young man, she's there to provide that safe place where he can still be a kid if he needs to be, or know that he has a home base as he's going through all these physical changes. So as long as those essentials are there, we can work on finding the character together. Marisa Tomei
character firsts needs
The first thing, the main thing, about how I work is I need to understand the character. Marion Cotillard
character stories directors
I'm always 100% committed to a character, a story and a director, and with Michael Mann it was 1,000%. I don't know how to explain this... Marion Cotillard
character preparation information
I love to work this way - I love the time of preparation. If you feed yourself with all the information and you get to understand who the character is then you can really be her. Marion Cotillard
character thinking way
I'll never approach a part in the same way again. Piaf taught me so much. In terms of my work, I think I'll enjoy it even more than before, because now I know that characters truly exist in their own right. I'll have a way to bring them even more intensely to life. Marion Cotillard
character people done
Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one.
character writing obsession
If you don't have obsessions, don't write. my characters are obsessed. Marguerite Young
character america littles
If you know anything about James Whitcomb Riley, you know that Little Orphan Annie is one of the most fantastic characters who ever lived in America before Charlie Chaplin. Marguerite Young
character mirrors spirit
When the Spirit fills us, we are transformed, and by beholding God we become mirrors. You can always tell when someone has been beholding the glory of the Lord, because your inner spirit senses that he mirrors the Lord’s own character. Beware of anything that would spot or tarnish that mirror in you. It is almost always something good that will stain it- something good, but not what is best. Oswald Chambers
character way crooks
The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters. Oswald Chambers
character trying arguing
It is easy for us to tarnish God's character because He never argues back; He never tries to defend or vindicate himself. Oswald Chambers
character men tongue
The greatest test of a man's character is his tongue. Oswald Chambers
character choices doe
God does not make us holy in the sense of character; He makes us holy in the sense of innocence, and we have to turn that innocence into holy character by a series of moral choices. Oswald Chambers
character done holy
When we say "Thy will be done," do we say it with a sigh? If so, we have never realized that the character of God is holy love; nothing can ever happen outside His purposeful will. Oswald Chambers
character thinking stories
I don't really think in terms of genre, I think in terms of story and character. Paul Rudd
character might way
Characters can be mysterious and you're not really sure which way they might turn at a given point. Michael Zaslow
character doors benefits
Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is... opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at the same time enabling us to benefit them by our example, if there be anything in our character worthy of imitation. Michel de Montaigne
character government age
Different groups are differentially vulnerable to advertising; and their vulnerability varies not so much with the character or quantity of advertisements as with the informational resources they can claim by age, education, station in life, and government guarantees of consumer protection. Michael Schudson
character stories care
I care more about making sure the story is correct and the characters are behaving in character than I do about the individual jokes. Michael Schur
character lows shows
The best shows are always the ones that are very, very low-concept and just about great characters. Michael Schur
character skin-tone mad
If the character is getting mad, getting upset or getting turned on, you're getting to see that in the facial tones and the skin tones. That's what I enjoy about acting. It can be very subtle, like that. Michael Rooker
character casting problem
I was pretty confident that I'd be playing something, if James Gunn could convince Marvel Studios and Disney to cast me. He's involved with the casting too, but if he could convince them to go along with him and agree with getting me on the roster, then yeah, I would have voiced Groot. Not a problem. Groot is an awesome character. Michael Rooker
character thinking years
Well, I think that's been my career. I always choose stuff that's the same, yet different. These projects just happened. I didn't plan it out that way. I just happened to be free, and the director, Dan Pritzker, decided to do his film again. I say again because we did it seven years ago. A lot of the actors were not available, so he just couldn't wait anymore and he recast everything. Me and two other characters are the only people involved with the new one, who were involved with the previous one. Michael Rooker
character association envelopes
I'm a performer. I push the envelope, I work in a very uncontrolled manner onstage. I do a lot of free association, it's spontaneous, I go into character. Michael Richards
character reality
When you're playing this bad of a character, it's obviously not reality for someone who's not living that life. Michael Rapaport