Quotes about character
character thinking important
Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development. Tom Johnson
character people littles
Somehow I find it easier to inhabit characters if they are a little bit pathetic. I do seem to have an affinity with pathetic people. Tom Hollander
character culture iconic
I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect back to our cultures. Tom Hooper
character thinking voice
I don't think you can sing about certain things when you're a teen-ager or in your early 20s, because you haven't lived long enough. So I think living gives you character and that comes out in your voice. Tom Jones
character thinking interesting
I think that is so interesting. It is le Carré. There must be so much of him when he was younger. He's an interesting character. I don't want to say the word "passive" because there is something very active about the way he is passive, if that makes any sense: the nature of his watching and his listening is active. It is always so alive because he is, essentially, a spy. Tom Hiddleston
character roles actors
It is so rare as an actor to be allowed the chance to revisit a role and to go back to a character that you already built, and lived inside, and understood. To take it further to another stage is a huge privilege.
character thinking subway
I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can't do anything anyway. Toni Morrison
character animal tree
I sometimes lose interest in the characters and get much more interested in the trees and animals.
character men thinking
As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character. Tommy Franks
character thinking together
We are all in this world together, and the only test of our character that matters is how we look after the least fortunate among us. How we look after each other, not how we look after ourselves. That's all that really matters, I think. Tommy Douglas
character indolence rigour
It takes character to withstand the rigours of indolence. Tom Stoppard
character dark mind
Regardless of how dark and heavy the character is the actor has to approach it with that frame of mind. Tom Mison
character thinking stories
Even if a story has nothing to do with my life, if I can recognise something of myself in the character and think, 'Oh yeah, that's what I'd do...' Yeah, that's what I look for. Tom Hanks
character imagination huge
I had a huge imagination. My granddad says I was a bit of a Walter Mitty character. Tom Hardy
character talking play
Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something they are not just talking.
character world larger-than-life
Larger-than-life characters make up about .01 percent of the world's population.
character
I'd be that James Bond character from the Beautyrest commercial that we did. Maybe some day. Tom Brady
character thinking goes-on
I think about the characters I've created and then I sit down and start typing and see what they will do. There's a lot of subconscious thought that goes on. It amazes me to find out, a few chapters later, why I put someone in a certain place when I did. It's spooky. Tom Clancy
character men today-is-the-day
We even talked like Hemingway characters, though in travesty, as if to deny our discipleship: That is your bed, and it is a good bed, and you must make it and you must make it well. Or: Today is the day of the meatloaf. The meatloaf is swell. It is swell but when it is gone the not-having meatloaf will be tragic and the meatloaf man will not come anymore. Tobias Wolff
character opportunity play
I'm very fortunate that I get asked to do very different kinds of roles and I realize how much I enjoy that. I enjoy the challenge of transformation. There are actors who play one character, or a certain kind of character, the whole of their lives. I really relish the opportunity to have the challenge to totally transform. Toby Jones
character voice interesting
Hitchcock's got a very interesting voice; it's a very controlled, measured rhythm that's quite slow and, in that sense, also felt quite controlling in its pace. He retained something from his childhood, that London sound, as well as adopting some of the L.A. sounds... All of this helps you create the character.
character proud feels
I do always feel very proud and flattered by being asked to be a part of American productions playing American characters.
character heart unique
From a writer's standpoint, each character and story presents its own unique challenges and delights. I'm deeply curious about all of my characters, and I love peeling away their layers to see what's underneath their skin, or secreted deep within their hearts. Tina St. John
character world comedy
Finally the world would see my full range of comedy characters - from grouchy librarian to Russian librarian. Tina Fey
character window national-security
The national security issues are a really good window into the character of the person that somebody wants to have as commander in chief. Tim Kaine
character passion winning
If you want to know about the character of somebody in public life, look to see if they have a passion that has animated them throughout their life, whether they were in office or out, whether they were winning elections or losing them.
character underrated
I'm attracted to the underrated characters. Tim Crouch
character play careers
I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character. Tim Curry
character audience
I like risky parts - abrasive characters the audience won't necessarily like.
character slave states
If taxes are laid upon us without our having a legal representation where they are laid, we are reduced from the character of free subjects to the state of tributary slaves. Samuel Adams
character men support
What James Madison and the other men of his generation had in mind when they wrote the First Amendment was that there should be no official relationship of any character between government and any church or many churches, and no levying of taxes for the support of any church, or many churches, or all churches, or any institution conducted by any of them. Sam Ervin
character quality pay
How we pay attention to the present moment...determin es the character of our experience and...the quality of our lives. Sam Harris
character islam violence
The truth that we must finally confront is that Islam contains specific notions of martyrdom and jihad that fully explain the character of Muslim violence.