Quotes about character
character men manners
A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him. Marcus Tullius Cicero
character men judging
When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.
character men fit
The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.
character men honor
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.
character men sea
As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.
character reflection dexterity
It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
character men thinking
I think that Spider-Man is a part of our culture. He's a perennial character. He's something that's constantly reexamined and there are so many versions of him in the comics that it was something that I thought that we could do cinematically. He belongs on the big screen. Marc Webb
character film cry
There are certain moments that you have to hit in a film, like when a character cries. Kiefer Sutherland
character bully actors
When you're a young actor you like to go for characters with a bit of flair, so in many films I ended up playing the weirdos. I can assure you I'm not a psycho or a criminal or a bully.
character tvs hook
One of my complaints with American TV characters is that they all have a particular schtick, a hook. Kevin McKidd
character focus littles
I actually love working with accents. I don't know, something about it unlocks something in me. It makes me concentrate on getting into character a little more, helps me find a focus.
character ethnicity looks
In general, the auditions I go up for are very sparse, I guess because of my ethnicity. And the characters are very similar: shy, innocent and naive; the connotations that come from the way that I look. Katie Leung
character stories research
The way I prepare is through script analysts and back story. I create back story for a character based on script analysts, filling in as many details as possible. I also do a lot of research. Katie Cassidy
character views focus
I try mainly to just focus on character and what my character's point of view is, with each person, and try to figure out story.
character roles actors
As an actor, you're supposed to be able to form yourself into different characters and different roles. It's a transformation, and it is awesome.
character worry focus
I try to keep myself in what I'm doing and focused on character stuff, as opposed to getting wrapped up in worrying or being nervous. It won't benefit me, in any way, to focus on that.
character mean good-movie
I like being part of good movies and telling stories that mean something to me. I also like playing characters that I look up to. Katie Holmes
character scare classic
What I love about watching classic horror films is that they take you on a ride and they obviously make you scared because you're so invested in the characters, you're almost forgetting that oh my God, this is about to scare me.
character blood our-actions
Blood hardly defines one's character. We are made by our actions, not our blood. - Soren Kathryn Lasky
character simple directors
Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs. Kathryn Bigelow
character heart opportunity
I choose material instinctually - at the heart of it are characters that I feel are fresh and original, and allow for an opportunity to, I suppose, explore uncharted ground.
character thinking provocative
I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.
character men trying
It is not worth while to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible. Mark Twain
characteristics humans
There is not a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American.
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.
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.
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.
character stories actors
If you're gonna let the character be the story, you better set a tone that allows the actors to do the best work they can do. Leonardo DiCaprio
character mean dark
These types of films that are psychologically sort of dark at times, I find extremely exciting to do because there's always something to think about. There's nothing more boring than to show up on set and say a line and know that your character means exactly what they say. It's interesting to have an unreliable narrator in a film and that's what both of those films have been.
character actors wanting-more
We actually did a lot of takes on this movie [J. Edgar Hoover ]. I never left the set wanting more. That's for sure. I don't know. This was a very difficult character for me and a lot of the other actors here, and at times we went and did 8 or 9 or 10 takes on a single day.
character two differences
There's a difference in our ages [with Leonardo DiCaprio], but we were both in the same sort of position [on The Quick and the Death movie].Everyone below us in a casting position were all these really famous character actors like Keith David. And they were looking at the two of us going, 'Who are these guys?' So that naturally kind of put us together in a way where we'd just hang out together because we didn't care about status. We just wanted to enjoy the experience. The two things that have changed about Leo [ DiCaprio] since that time: he can drink legally and he's no longer a virgin.
character thinking play
I've gotten to play some pretty intense characters and I tend to think it's therapeutic for me.
character personal-opinions play
I'm open to doing any kind of role and any kind of genre as long as it's interesting and as long as I feel it could be a great character to play. I never take into my own personal opinions or my own public image into account when I chose movie roles.