Quotes about character
character giving chance
Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act. Leonardo DiCaprio
character thinking acting
Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.
character elements mystery
When I can't immediately define the character, and there's an element of mystery to it and still a lot to be explored, that's when I say yes.
character fundamentals matter
The truth of the matter is this - I never look for films specifically, because ultimately if the fundamentals of the character and the script and the director aren't there, it makes it a moot point.
character kids leather-jackets
I couldn't deal with playing a character who rides motorcycles and has a leather jacket and is a tough kid, y'know?
character kids play
Yes, I can play younger than my age. But I can play characters older than I am, too. I'm not an actor who can just play the kid.
character play everyday
I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life.
character expression giving
Make your faces so that they do not all have the same expression, as one sees with most painters, but give them different expression, according to age, complexion, and good or bad character. Leonardo da Vinci
character simplicity
The simplicity of your character makes you exquisitely incomprehensible to me. Oscar Wilde
character littles action
Every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character.
character house secret
I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the house-tops.
character identity narrative
The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the story told. It is the identity of the story that makes the identity of the character. Paul Ricoeur
character laughing trying
I wasn't a great improviser when I started there; I'm not really up on current events. I would always just mug, just try to get my laughs from making faces. So I decided to do a character who should never have become a comic - somebody you would see at the Comedy Store and go, "This person is never going to make it." Paul Reubens
character men limits
I always would be happy to make a character even more unlikable, but you know, there's a limit and if you go there, you get into a very different kind of movie, man. Paul Giamatti
character doctors march
The doctor used to tell me that every person about to die becomes a music box playing the melody that best describes his life, his character, and his hopes. For some, it's a popular waltz; for others, a march. Patrick Modiano
character simple play
I'd like to work with some of the videogame companies for the simple fact that they obviously need some sort of writer's help. I play videogames, and lately it's hard for me to enjoy them because I'm spending all my time cringing at the corny dialogue, thin characters, and glaring plot holes. Patrick Rothfuss
character issues important
It's my opinion that if you're trying to tell a realistic story that centers around realistic characters, you can't help but touch on important issues. Those issues are what make us human.
character sleep taught
She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cautioned me not to talk in my sleep.
character cookies stories
Also, worldbuilding touches all aspects of your story. It touches plot and character as well. If you don't know the culture your character comes from, how can you know what he's really like? You must know your characters on a much deeper level than you would if you just shrugged your way into a cookie cutter fantasy world.
character done facts
He then proceeded to shout at Alpha and Beta, a sign that he was in a genuine good mood. They took it as calmly as ever, in spite of the fact that he accused them of things I'm sure no donkey has ever willingly done, especially not Beta, who possessed impeccable moral character.
character half care
Character is half the reason we read. We're excited because of the plot, but we care because of the characters.
character hollywood-films play
I usually play character parts in Hollywood films. Parker Posey
character mean clothes
I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide. Padma Lakshmi
character vintage shoes
Everything was just so spot on and character-building for me in terms of creating Celia [Bryant]. The ability to get to wear all these vintage pieces and immerse yourself in that world and get to wear all these amazing hats. And the shoes! Lily Collins
character hair color
It's actually a character choice for a movie I've been filming in South Korea called Okja. My director had this idea of having my hair be a very vibrant red/pink/watermelon color. We haven't finished filming so I'm kind of riding the wave of the red hair right now in terms of everything else that I have to do with The Last Tycoon press and you know, regular life. I'm really loving it. It's turning into a thing for me.
character thinking advice
I'm such a believer in going to set, even when you're not work because I think the best things to be learned, you don't necessarily get from your own scene or from someone speaking to you and telling you advice. I think it's all about watching and just taking it all in. It's not even when the cameras are rolling, necessarily. You can see how they interact with the rest of the crew, and how they deal with being a character and then being themselves.
character optimism trying
Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character's sheer tenacity. He keeps going and trying to find some sort of fulfillment regardless of his perpetual failure record. That's a form of hope, a form of optimism. Really hokey I know, but it's true. Lev Yilmaz
character
Our differences with [Joseph] Stalin are entirely of a strategical character. Leon Trotsky
character past roots
Root out the counterrevolutionaries without mercy, lock up suspicious characters in concentration camps... Shirkers will be shot, regardless of past service.
character past judging
The judge's authority depends upon the assumption that he speaks with the mouth of others. That is to say, the momentum of his utterances must be greater than any which his personal reputation and character can command, if it is to do the work assigned to it if it is to stand against the passionate resentments arising out of the interests he must frustrate for while a judge must discover some composition with the dominant trends of his times, he must preserve his authority by cloaking himself in the majesty of an overshadowing past. Learned Hand
character mean special
Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there. Laurence Fishburne
character thinking play
I play characters. I don't think I really have a persona per se. I don't play the same guy every time. I show up, you don't know what I'm gonna do. I like it that way. I've intentionally tried to do it that way. I think that's what's interesting.
character men age
When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part. Laurence Olivier