Quotes about character
character eye passion
Her beauty satisfied [his] artistic eye, her peculiarities piqued his curiosity, her vivacity lightened his ennui, and her character interested him by the unconscious hints it gave of power, pride and passion. So entirely natural and unconventional was she that he soon found himself on a familiar footing, asking all manner of unusual questions, and receiving rather piquant replies. Louisa May Alcott
character passion unique
The Hulk was a unique character because of his strength and power. He doesn't have a costume like Spiderman or like Superman - The Hulk is more visual. His passion and his strength, that is what separates him from anything else. Lou Ferrigno
character events
It is only when our characters and events begin to disobey us that they begin to live. John Fowles
character office pirate
They are more properly ‘The Messengers of Satan to buffet us.’ No rulers are properly God’s ministers, but such as are ‘just, ruling in the fear of God.’ When once magistrates act contrary to their office, and the end of their institution when they rob and ruin the public, instead of being guardians of its peace … they immediately cease to be the ordinance and ministers of God, and no more deserve that glorious character than common pirates and highwaymen. Jonathan Mayhew
character play age
As an actor, you get to sort of bounce back and forth in terms of the age range you play and the life experience that your characters have. Jonathan Keltz
character men true-evil
I’m not sure I could trust a man who would bypass an Oreo in favor of vanilla wafers. It’s a fundamental character flaw, possibly a sign of true evil. Jonathan Maberry
character way littles
I suppose in a way most of my characters are non-consumers, not terribly interested in all the little baubles and artifacts of contemporary life. Jonathan Lethem
character mean writing
You don’t have the slightest idea of what it means to write a scene and a character in the English language, with images and words chock full of received meaning.
character duration furniture
However appalling to consider, however tedious to enact, every novel requires furniture, whether it is to be named or unnamed, for the characters will be unable to remain in standing position for the duration of the story.
character interesting straightforward
Often times, if a character is pretty straightforward, he or she is not as interesting to portray. Jonathan Jackson
character trying world
I sort of have the belief that you work being your character out while you're working on it, or that's been my experience so far. I throw myself into it 100% and try to live in that world, and then when it's over, just sort of be able to leave it behind. Jonathan Groff
character lines connections
I do like when you find a true personal relationship with any of the characters, you like to make that honest connection. And every once in a while, there's that glimmer where you got that line in where something happens, where you get to really talk. Jonathan Banks
character fundraising presidential
Almost no one under 60 remembers what fundraising was like before Watergate. Until the 1970s, campaign money was collected by "bagmen," familiar characters from the world of organized crime. As fans of Boardwalk Empire know, a bagman is a political fixer who walked around with stacks of $100 and $1,000 bills. At lower levels, he used brown paper bags. In presidential campaigns, the cash was more likely to be in briefcases. Classier that way. Jonathan Alter
character responsibility angel
If humankind would accept and acknowledge this responsibility and become creatively engaged in the process of evolution, consciously as well as unconsciously, a new reality would emerge, and a new age could be born. Jonas Salk
character play creating
Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this ''Obama'' - this character who is there whenever the world needs something. Jon Voight
character sacrifice order
The hardest thing for me to do, and the best thing I've done and learned as an actor is to sacrifice being funny in certain circumstances in order to do something that makes sense for the story or the character, or emotionally. Jonah Hill
character succeed want
The comedy really comes from how badly you want these characters to succeed and with a comedy that's often hard.
character i-realized
I realized I never played a character that was skilled at anything, or skilled at anything that I couldn't become skilled at.
character play important
I've learned through experience of playing different characters, some of whom were jerks, that when you play a character who is pretentious or obnoxious, in any way, it's important to knock them down a peg.
character guy good-guy
I'm very, very attracted to morally ambiguous characters, not just pure bad guys or pure good guys.
characters diary original seeing
Am I seeing the characters of the original diary or the characters from the film? Helen Fielding
characters good none soft
All the characters are good and bad. None of them are soft and fluffy. Andrea Roth
character common face kids seen thread town wearing
All these kids were around wearing face paint. The common thread is character and heart. It comes from the town. They've seen other kids do it and know what it takes. It's a very close-knit town and community.
characters hopeful inside kept secrets trust
All these characters have layers, secrets inside of them. It was difficult, but the thing that kept me hopeful was my trust in the producers. Daniel Kim
character confront deal force forcing great issues lives motivate people sorts source taking works
All sorts of different things motivate people to do things - and from a storytelling standpoint, if you can take a character that's grappling with issues in their lives and sort of force them to deal with them, that's a great source of drama. For me, that's why it works so well. It's because you're taking a character and forcing them to confront things in their life. And I think that's a great inspiration for a story.
character coaches deal expected great hear season shown shows team work
All season you hear the doubters, you know what's expected of you. You work through it. This team has shown a great deal of resilience. It shows the character of this team the coaches and the players.
character animal psychology
The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not without influence on a scientific studies of animal psychology. Edward Thorndike
character lasts study
On the whole, the psychological work of the last quarter of the nineteenth century emphasized the study of consciousness to the neglect of the total life of intellect and character
character men animal
Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.
character actors honest
Trust your actors. That's why I work with the same actors time and time again. I encourage them to change the dialogue to achieve one thing: keep the characters honest. Edward Burns
character smell sage
I know sage, wormwood, and hyssop, but I can't smell character unless it stinks. Edward Dahlberg
character writing reality
In the two or three or four months that it takes me to write a play, I find that the reality of the play is a great deal more alive for me than what passes for reality. I'm infinitely more involved in the reality of the characters and their situation than I am in everyday life. The involvement is terribly intense. Edward Albee
character thinking play
There may be lots of questions that anybody - an actor or a director or anybody - can ask about a character in a play of mine that are not answered in the play, but if it's a question that I don't think is relevant, I don't bother about it. There's no reason to ask it.