Quotes about character
character mercy
I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head. Kate DiCamillo
character personality traits
I would hesitate to say the characters [ in Bink & Gollie] are too related to either to us [me and Alison McGhee], but they certainly draw on our physical traits and personality traits and then exaggerate them to the nth degree.
character hard-work tired
It is hard work to give life to new characters every single day. It is not as if I am God. I am just a tired, middle-aged woman trying to keep going. Karin Fossum
character play roles
I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability. I don't know why. I know I can play these roles, but they're certainly not the only roles I can play. Kari Matchett
character comedy silliness
I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
character writing acting
Were not one thing, as human beings, so any character that is written uni-dimensional, thats just a shallow character with shallow writing and shallow acting.
character obstacles southerner
As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters. Karin Slaughter
character writing examination
Even when I'm writing in character I'm normally still writing about things I know or things that have happened to me or using that character to start an exploration of my own consciousness. Really though, any character that you can examine is just an examination of a part of your own consciousness. Karen Walker
character writing thinking
I really like Shakespeare a lot. The characters that he writes for females, I think, are really great and a lot more compelling than what modern writers write, which is weird because they didn't have actresses then. Julia Stiles
character faces injustice
Those who are repeatedly passive in the face of injustice soon find their character corroded. Julian Assange
character injustice ability
Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all ability to defend ourselves and those we love.
character people known
Very few of my characters are based on people I've known. It is too constricting. Julian Barnes
character mad people
You, and in fact quite a lot of your generation, have in some way been exiled from that particular sanctuary. It's become almost impossible for someone to "go mad" in the classical sense. At one time people conveniently "went mad" and were never heard from again. Like a character in a romantic novel. But now you are too hip to yourself on a psychological level. You all are too intimate with too many of the symptoms of insanity to be caught completely off your guard. Ken Kesey
character tunes kind
I liked Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, and that is the kind of character that I would like to have played. That would have been more in tune with who I really was. Keith Thibodeaux
character littles
I would rather have played a character like Opie than Little Ricky.
character gay love-is
That is the beauty of having characters that don't make a big deal out of being gay, or lesbian, or whatever. They are just what they are, and that is acceptable - and that nobody should question that and that love is love. Katrina Law
character stories etc
I sign a film according to my instincts and everything in each department must be appealing be it story, character etc. Katrina Kaif
character warrior jumping
The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit... archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character. Kristan Higgins
character thinking mind
I was definitely a fan of Robert Patricks character in T2. I was just really awed by his performance and the complete body control that he had, so I think maybe subconsciously, that played in the back of my mind. Kristanna Loken
character thinking used
I think that American audiences are more used to following one character. Kristen Bell
character loss overcoming
I don't know who will overcome losses, some losses aren't meant to be overcome, but all losses make for good stories and good character development and all the jazz that makes a show compelling and watchable. Kirsten Vangsness
character way costumes
I always love costume, and I'm always heavily involved in how things should look. Or how they should feel really, because that's part of the way I suppose I get into character in some ways. It's a lot about costume. Kit Harington
character dark boys
It's not like I don't want to play the guy next door. But sometimes they're not the best written or the most complicated. But I am very, very particular about my bad boys. There are certain types of characters I will not play. I've said no so many times to so many parts that are just way too dark. You have to be careful. Kim Coates
character bad-relationship thinking
I think it's quite common and realistic. There are many stories like this [in Waitress]. [Jenna, my character] marriage looks really horrible up on the screen but I think there are a lot of people in bad relationships who wake up and think to themselves: "Wow, how did I end up here? Why am I still here and so unhappy and not satisfied with my life?" Keri Russell
character waitress great-character
I just thought that Adrienne [Shelly] wrote a great character [for Waitress]. It really was all on the page.
character love-is thinking
I think love is a great catalyst for many characters to further the story or their own growth.
character thinking different
I think the good stories are those where the character decides to break away and do something different.
character stories intriguing
I personally adore origin stories - they're so intriguing, learning what shaped and formed a character.
character writing thinking
When I'm writing a woman character, I don't think, 'What would a woman do?' I just think, 'What would this character do in this situation? Ken Follett
character unique giving
I like to make definite choices and give my characters as many unique edges as possible. Keegan Connor Tracy
character thinking people
When I work on a film, you know, I try to get or inhabit the body of the character -from the vision of the directors or how i think the character should be - so if it's a film like SPEED, you hit the gym, you get to do some, train with SWAT People, hehe, but in general, I'm really focused and dedicated, and then in regular life, I don't go to the gym as often. Keanu Reeves
character play careers
You want to play another kind of character in another genre, and it's been something I've been trying to do if I can in the career so far, and it's something I hope to continue because it's interesting to me and you get to do different things as an actor.
character writing opportunity
There's a lot of great writing, and characters, and stories being told in television nowadays. And much more than there used to be. The opportunities to tell stories, because of the opportunities to show content. And so it's drawing actors from cinema, movie actors, actors to where there's a lot of opportunities to where you can tell stories.