Quotes about character
character play body
If you look at my body of work, my characters drastically vary, and so I typically don't play the same role. It makes me feel reborn with each role. Toni Trucks
character two giving
A solid theatrical education can only improve a screen performance. It gives you a fuller capacity to read a script and understand a character, for one thing. Its important to alternate between the two activities. Toni Servillo
character opportunity presence-of-mind
I'm confident that there are plenty of people who have the strength of character and the presence of mind to warn me of difficulties and alert me to opportunities. Tony Abbott
character thinking people
I don't really care if people like a character ornot; I think in life we don't always like everybody. But you haveto be able to understand them. Julianne Moore
character practice knowing
The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research. Joshua Leonard
character shining development
In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film.
character ideas drawing
From a slight, undetermined drawing, where the ideas of the composition and character are just touched upon, the imagination supplies more than the painter himself, probably, could produce. And we accordingly often find that the finished work disappoints the expectation that was raised from the sketch... Joshua Reynolds
character cat men
I called my cat William because no shorter name fits the dignity of his character. Poor old man, he has fits now, so I call him Fitz-William. Josh Billings
character giving reputation
To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately.
character greatness mind
Greatness of mind becomes an object of love only when the power at work in it itself has a noble character Karl Jaspers
character talent defects
Talent is often a defect in character. Karl Kraus
character perfection age
Beauty with character ages better than perfection Karl Lagerfeld
character greatness men
Rich men are neither better nor worse than all other humans. They contribute to greatness or mediocrity, strength of character or weakness in exactly the same proportion as persons in all other walks of life do. Julius Rosenwald
character son underwater
I named my sons Brandon and Dylan after the Beverly Hills 90210 characters. Both of them were born in my bathroom. I had Dylan in my tub, and he came out underwater. Pamela Anderson
character hair people
I am not just my hair; I proved to myself that I am a cast of characters. I'm feeling freer to venture out of the 'look' people know me for.
character thinking order
I laugh when I end up on the worst-dressed lists. I'm not trying to be fashionable. I know I'm kind of a cartoon character. Do people honestly think I'm wearing a kafkan in order to be fashionable?
character men opposites
In the case of complex personalities the matter stands thus: one of these can understand other men better than they can understand themselves, because within himself he has not only the character he is grasping, but also its opposite. Duality is necessary for observation and comprehension. Otto Weininger
character opportunity perfect
Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom. How does one get bored of life? Osric Chau
character creating playing-someone
When I'm creating a character, I don't see it so much as playing someone else as just playing a specific part of myself under certain circumstances. Oscar Isaac
character people different
Taking on an iconic character is difficult, sure, people associate different actors with a character that you're playing, but there's something in rehearsing and developing a new character. Kathryn Hahn
character doors needs
A lot of actors are like, 'Why do I do this? My character wouldn't do this? This doesn't make sense.' And in a comedy, you kind of just need to walk into the door.
character thinking would-be
Anything with a good story and characters I think would be great. Kara Hayward
character
You have to find out how to become the character.
character thinking genius
Im doing pretty good as far as geniuses go ... Im like a machine. Im a robot. You cannot offend a robot ... Im going down as a legend, whether or not you like me or not. I am the new Jim Morrison. I am the new Kurt Cobain ... The Bible had 20, 30, 40, 50 characters in it. You dont think that I would be one of the characters of todays modern Bible? Kanye West
character liberty lucky
I've flown out of character so many times. In that sense I've been lucky, because I've been given the liberty to do just about anything I've wanted to do in my lifetime. June Carter Cash
character different type
I enjoy working on new, different types of characters. Playing a range is what excites me. Juliet Landau
character guy males
I've had male executives say that my lead character was unlikable because she slept with a lot of guys. Julie Taymor
character play phones
I'll tell you how it happened. The phone rang. Paul, my agent, goes, 'Would you like to play Meryl Streep's?' I said, 'Yeeees! I'll do it, whatever it is.' He said, 'It's Mamma Mia!.' I said, 'Oh no, which character? The fat friend? Julie Walters
character
The characters do have a life of their own; it's weird.
character dark thinking
I like the opportunity to play characters who have these dark sides but make the audience empathize with them. You want them to think there is some kind of sweeter, softer side to it. Julian McMahon
character interesting people
I've always been interesting in characters that challenge people and who are not always that easy to like.
character mean might
If I was playing Carrie, I might have done differently but I felt like as my character. I mean, I'm definitely bringing myself to the role but I wanted to pay homage. I hope I did. We'll see. Judy Greer
character
Scent has become a way for me to differentiate characters. Margot Robbie