Quotes about character
character talking two
The act of seeing any film generally is you knowing more than the characters, even if its the classic Hitchcock shot of two people talking and a bomb being under the table. Part of the pleasure of it is seeing where people go wrong, and the irony of situations. Richard Ayoade
character challenges actors
Every actor hopes that the character that they're playing continues to be a challenge throughout their tenure of their show. Reshma Shetty
character mystery
There is no escape from mystery. It is the character of our being. Rebecca West
character mean heart
I don't know. I always love to find where a character's heart is, and by that I mean where they're intrinsically vulnerable, and to bring that out in myself. Ryan Hurst
character artist
The thing is, about a character, it's not about being right, it's about the truth. The truth comes from within, so you have to search as an artist for the truth. Russell Hornsby
character humanity the-end-of-the-day
At the end of the day, you have to find the humanity in you in each character.
character might facts
I'd always assumed I was the central character in my own story, but now it occured to me I might in fact be only a minor character in someone else's. Russell Hoban
character ugly-duckling ducks
And while we're on the subject of ducks, which we plainly are, the story, 'The Ugly Duckling' ought be banned as the central character wasn't a duckling or he wouldn't have grown up into a swan. He was a cygnet. Russell Brand
character careers self
When it comes to your career, you must always try and allow the positive aspects of your character to dictate what happens to you. Be led by your talent, not by your self-loathing; those other things you just have to manage.
character play judgement
As an actor playing a character, I can't come in with my judgement, or else I can't play it honestly. My judgement has to be reserved for later. Thomas Sadoski
character men plot
Plot makes the character just as history makes the man. Thomas Steinbeck
character matter excuse
Any excuse, no matter how valid, only weakens the character. Thomas S. Monson
character succeed rate
When we deal in generalities, we shall never succeed. When we deal in specifics, we shall rarely have a failure. When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of performance accelerates.
character writing ideas
If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some sight, or even just a list of ideas. Thomas Perry
character writing looks
What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him.
character common good-person
The characters you refer to as predatory and unsavory are useful. They're the ones who make a novel into a thriller. They're active, and most of the common virtues, the signs of a good person, are not.
character voice three
Once you have invented a character with three dimensions and a voice, you begin to realize that some of the things you'd like him to do to further your plot are things that such a person wouldn't, or couldn't, do.
character trying agents
It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it. Thomas Pynchon
character bad-movies i-can
I cannot be a character in a bad movie. I can't be. Robert McKee
character writing voice
God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over narration to explain the thoughts of a character.
character blow law
The long-established and noble rule of Law, one of the greatest products of the character and tradition of British history, has suffered a deadly blow. Blackmail has become respectable. Robert Menzies
character ideas acting
I was raised in the theater and I started acting when I was nine. To me, the idea of being an actor was about playing different characters and being a chameleon. That's why I was in the theater. Robert Knepper
character realization different
I have things planned for every character like what they're doing down the road and coming to different realizations but I don't have how they overlap. Robert Kirkman
character mind arcs
I definitely have character arcs in mind for each character unless I kill them.
character zombie world
To me, the best zombie movies aren’t the splatter fests of gore and violence with goofy characters and tongue in cheek antics. Good zombie movies show us how messed up we are, they make us question our station in society… and our society’s station in the world. They show us gore and violence and all that cool stuff too… but there’s always an undercurrent of social commentary and thoughtfulness.
character hard-times want
We are bringing in another threat, which is nature itself. I don't really want to get into specifics too much, but I will say that there is a third uncontrollable, almost undefeatable threat that is going to come in when the characters of the show are at their most vulnerable. It's really going to be something that they have a hard time dealing with.
character people looks
In every soap, at the end of the season, relationships end and people leave the show. You look at characters and evaluate whether they're great characters or not, and whether they have a future in the show. And we did all of that. Robert Greenblatt
character ideas people
First comes an idea. Then, characters begin to evolve out of the landscape of that idea. And then, finally, characters dominate: plot is simply a function of what these people might do or be. Everything has to flow from their personalities; otherwise it will not be emotionally engaging, or plausible. Robert Harris
character color work-ethic
For me, you don't ever want to be defined by the color of your skin. You want to be defined by your work ethic, the person that you are, your character, your personality. That's what I've tried to go out and do. Robert Griffin III
character self creative
The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self - our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds. Robert Greene
character identity roles
Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define if for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions – your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life.
character unique thinking
Understand: you are one of a kind. Your character traits are a kind of chemical mix that will never be repeated in history. There are ideas unique to you, a specific rhythm and perspective that are your strengths, not your weaknesses. You must not be afraid of your uniqueness and you must care less and less what people think of you.
character disorder chemicals
Food compulsion isn't a character disorder; it's a chemical disorder. Robert Atkins