Quotes about character
character views years
I have a clear view of 12 years of history of my inner self. First the cramped self, that self with big blinkers, then the disappearance of the blinkers and the self, now gradually the reemergence of a self without blinkers. Paul Klee
character judging want
You never want to judge your character. Patrick Wilson
character reality actors
For me, I always have to establish a reality for the character. In very actor-y terms, you just have to understand his reality.
character looks way
When I look at a character, whether he's good or bad, one scene or 10 scenes, I just have to find my way in.
character trying way
All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray this character just honestly. If the humor is within the absurdity and the awfulness of situations, then let it be seen that way. Patrick Warburton
character interesting typical
I thought he was an interesting central figure, central character, one who is definitely not your typical central character figure in a film, who's easy to like. He's not easy to like. It forces you to involve yourself with what's going on.
character ideas interesting
Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in showing his feelings in expressing his ideas about many things - I found that very interesting. Patrick Stewart
character hair
I base all my characters on hair. Patrick Dempsey
character player want
I'm not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That's my character. Frank Lampard
character littles sides
I do love that witches havent really been explored that much. Usually, witches are the little side character... a bad female character that comes in and leaves. Madchen Amick
character different-faces comedy
All the parts I get offered are character and comedy parts, and I probably wouldn't get them if I had a different face. So I'm glad I have a comedy face. Mackenzie Crook
character men judging
The only equitable manner in my opinion, of judging the character of a man is to examine if there are personal calculations in his conduct; if there are not, we may blame his manner of judging, but we are not the less bound to esteem him. Madame de Stael
character careful reasoning
The most careful reasoning characters are very often the most easily abashed.
character reputation situation
The thing that must be preserved in all situations whatever is the reputation of one's character.
character long left
One must, so long as there is any life left, back up the character of one's life.
character what-matters matter
What matters in a character is not whether one holds this or that opinion: what matters is how proudly one upholds it.
character may strongest
Have you not observed that faith is generally strongest in those whose character may be called the weakest?
character angel men
Jane Kindred’s THE HOUSE OF ARKHANGEL'SK dazzles with its surreal blending of worlds. Lost angel Anazakia, last survivor of her murdered family, finds herself in the hands of demons with suspect motives, betrayed by her own kind, stranded in the world of Man—21st century St. Petersburg, Russia, to be exact. Weaving startling visuals with compelling characters, Kindred reveals parallels in the two worlds that are ‘neither haphazard chance nor calculated design.’ It’s a dizzying, vibrant read. Lynn Flewelling
character needs narrative
Adults need more complex narratives. They have their own narratives. The main characters are themselves. Haruki Murakami
character dark thinking
I have been told I've got a darkish personality. A few times." Takahashi swings his trombone case from his right shoulder to his left. Then he says, "It's not as if our lives are divided simply into light and dark. There's shadowy middle ground. Recognizing and understanding the shadows is what a healthy intelligence does. And to acquire a healthy intelligence takes a certain amount of time and effort. I don't think you have a particularly dark character.
character thinking order
Well, finally, the events I've been through have been tremendously complicated. All kinds of characters have come on the scene, and strange things have happened one after another, to the point where, if I try to think about them in order, I lose track.
character cat sheep
Someone who can search for something is happy. Searching gives a meaning to life. Nowadays it’s not so easy to find something you might be looking for. The most important thing, however, is the search itself, the way you take. It’s not so important where it leads. that’s why my characters are always looking for something, maybe only a cat, a sheep or a wife, but that is at least the beginning of a story.
character ideas parent
The preparation for building a series of thrillers based on a single character is kind of like the preparation for becoming a parent: The best part is the idea - wink, wink. Harlan Coben
character comforting noble
Noble characters and pure affections and happy scenes are very comforting things. They're a refuge from life's disillusionments. Gustave Flaubert
character feel-better thinking
I've been offered nymphomaniacs, kleptomaniacs, pyromaniacs, homicidal maniacs and just plain maniacs. I think producers felt that after playing a long series of noble and admirable characters there would be quite a lot of shock value in seeing me play something altogether different. But I prefer upbeat stories that send people out of the theater feeling better than they did coming in. It's my cup of tea. Greer Garson
character
I would be Jesse Martin ..., but not to be his character, just so I could be Jesse Martin and sing like Jesse Martin for a day. Greg Berlanti
character mean writing
When some English moralists write about the importance of having character, they appear to mean only the importance of having a dull character. Gilbert K. Chesterton
character rogues fool
For every inch that is not fool, is rogue. John Dryden
character effort purpose
Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it, genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies. Lord Chesterfield
character men personality
Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word. Lord Acton
character utterance revelations
No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence.
character men survival
Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character. John Ciardi
character mean writing
Within a single scene, it seems to be unwise to have access to the inner reflections of more than one character. The reader generally needs a single character as the means of perception, as the character to whom the events are happening, as the character with whom he is to empathize in order to have the events of the writing happen to him.