Quotes about character
character soul woods
There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul. Jean Cocteau
character wish television
I wish I had more control, more like Edgar Rice Burroughs had, but I'm a realist, too. I work in television. I don't know that I would want to spend the rest of my life controlling my characters. Gene Roddenberry
character pride melting
that strange conflict in the American character: we pride ourselves on being the melting pot of the world but we insist on regarding most immigrants with suspicion. Gene Tierney
character fate stories
I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. Garth Ennis
character upset balance
Hitman does well and it certainly does well enough to survive, but at the same time I don't want to involve the character into the DC Universe even if it meant more sales, to the point where we sort of upset the balance that we have at the moment.
character writing looks
If you look at Marvel Comics, there are very few Marvel characters I would like to write.
character people literature
It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.
character kids childhood
The comics I read as a kid were much more influenced by TV and movies. Encountering superheroes as an adult without that kind of childhood sentimentality, it just doesn't allow you, or in my case at least, it wouldn't let me take the characters seriously.
character design guy
Howard Chaykin was one of the few who dared to make mainstream comics different back in the eighties; it was guys like him, Alan Moore and Frank Miller who made sure there'd be no going back. Howard's work on The Shadow is amongst his very best: razor-sharp character work, sizzling dialogue and an unsurpassed sense of layout and design.
character people score sure tested
They weren't sure what they wanted to do with Edie, and I just thought she was a character I could score with, ... When they tested the show people really responded to her. Nicollette Sheridan
character closing grow night opening
They want their character to grow from opening night to closing night and find new things. We don't want to find that in a fight.
character
They wanted a character who's rugged, funny, a ladies' man, I don't have to shower, shave. I can just show up and do it. Erik Estrada
character human turned
They've turned this character into a human being. Melinda Clarke
character defended great resolve strong
They were strong and physical. We defended well for most of the game. We showed great resolve and character.
character rivers water
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world; there is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi. George Catlin
character thinking circles
I became an actor to escape my own personality. Acting is the most therapeutic thing in the world. You see, through acting you come full circle in your personality and, oh, what a grand time you can have along the way being wonderful people through your characters...I think all the courage that I may lack personally I have as an actor. George C. Scott
character league understanding
I am certain that a solution of the general problem of peace must rest on broad and basic understanding on the part of its peoples. Great single endeavors like a League of Nations, a United Nations, and undertakings of that character, are of great importance and in fact absolutely necessary, but they must be treated as steps toward the desired end. George C. Marshall
character accomplishment moral
High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments. Christopher Hitchens
character son perfect
Sons of Anarchy has the perfect combination of character and action. Christopher Golden
character play suffering
I love actors. I enjoy their company, and I get excited each and every time they bring a character I've written to life. Every so often a talented actor doesn't hook in correctly to a character; or someone gets lost in a labyrinth of over-complicated thoughts, and the character and play suffer. However, most of the time I find actors either end up doing exactly what was in my head, or sometimes do something even better. Christopher Durang
character thinking pms
I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get 4 weeks to rehearse your character and then at 7:30 pm you start acting and nobody stops you, acting with your entire soul. Christopher Eccleston
character thinking giving
I'm not looking for a series. I love TV. I love developing characters over a long amount of time. I think for an actor it gives you so much material and every season it gives more background and interest and richness. So I would definitely do another series. I'm just waiting for the right thing to come along. Christina Hendricks
character way sidekicks
I often played the nerdy friend or the goofy sidekick or the sort of naïve movie character in some ways.
character men mad
I was the nerdy one. I always played those kind of characters until Mad Men.
character men years
I'll always miss Mad Men, of course, but it is interesting to finally answer different questions after nine years. Not that that's a criticism to anyone, but just simply as a character for nine years, you're going to get a lot of the same questions for many, many, many years. This is sort of refreshing.
character play waiting
I've been telling everyone for weeks now about how I get to play Lois Lane. It's a big deal. There are a few characters throughout your life which everyone knows and this is one of them. I can't wait.
character writing years
I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors. I've also been looking for the consistency of work that TV provides for you. And, I always thought it would be really interesting to live with a character for months, if not years. Christina Ricci
character thinking long
I think it's really great to be able to stick with a character for a long period of time. It's not like you have one shot, and that's it.
character thinking ashamed
I don't think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are.
character clothes red-lipstick
The red lips are - I don't want to call them "armor," but they're the clothes of my character, and I'm in the business of entertainment. Wearing red lipstick helps get me into that world. Christina Aguilera
character red-lipstick singing
For me the visual is just as important as the music. I would never record without my red lipstick. It was my way of getting into character, sort of like Method singing.
character thinking interesting
Ultimately, if the character is interesting and you said that before: It doesn't matter if it's likable. That's really what it is. If they interest you. If the context in which the characters are set interests you then I think then you're pulled in by it. Christian Cooke
character thinking choices
I don't think you have to like a character, but if you can understand why they do what they do, or the position they're in or why they make certain choices, then you can get behind them.