Quotes about character
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 kissing actors
To me, it's the kiss of death when you start winking at the audience as an actor. I just never liked it. I don't like it when we do monologues, looking into the character. Thomas Jane
character actors lines
Harrison Ford - one of my favorite actors - has a wonderful sense of character and depth and uniqueness to him, yet he's able to just deliver the lines without putting any English on it.
character moral
There are no moral blanks; there are no neutral characters. Thomas Chalmers
character virtue habit
Acts of virtue ripen into habits; and the goodly and permanent result is the formation or establishment of a virtuous character.
character people boring
We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of good character, so called, are the ones who end up boring us to death. Thomas Bernhard
character men loud
Loud-dressing men and women have also loud characters. Thomas Chandler Haliburton
character historical-value fiction
Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey. Raymond Queneau
character historical important
Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything.
character views interesting
It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history.
character historical events
We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life.
character thinking actors
I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie. Vin Diesel
character play sound
I enjoy playing a quintessential antihero. There's something therapeutic about playing such characters. I know it sounds corny but I feel like I learn about myself when I play that characters.
character easy
Nothing comes easy when I'm in character, because everything I do in character, I take seriously.
character thinking shooting
If I'm on set and I'm in character, I'm not thinking like a producer. If I'm on set and I'm not in character, wardrobe and make-up, and I'm just coming on set for the moments that I'm not shooting, then I'm able to be the producer.
character writing thinking
The first thing that happens is the cleansing of the former character. I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there is usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character played prior to the movie. Then you want to think about what the character represents, and you write down all of the elements about this character and then take the time to find some synchronicity and start breathing the character.
character preparation sometimes
It's very rewarding to see the movie, and it's very rewarding to make the movie, but playing the character [Riddick] is sometimes a lot more difficult than other characters because it takes so much preparation to get into that character.
character actors pockets
When you come onto the set, everything should be focused around your character and you should stay in the pocket, as much as possible. Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket.
character ideas actors
The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
character way naked
I've been naked physically in movies - but it's a whole other thing to be naked emotionally in a way that's not just a distraction or a character. Viggo Mortensen
character thinking actors
I think you have to be flexible above all as an actor; different characters have different demands, actors that you work with are different in their approach, or how you get along or don't get along with them.
character men play
Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.
character trying research
I try to research or make up for myself what happened in any character's life. From when he was born until the first page of the script. I fill in the blanks.
character talking might
With any character I have played, there's infinite possibilities for how they might behave, depending on who they are talking to or how they react to things.
character pages scripts
This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
character play interesting
It's always interesting to play a character that obviously has a secret.
character want scripts
I read every script from beginning to end, and I read every draft that I can. I like the show, I like the character, and I want to protect both of those things. Victoria Pratt
character thinking animal
I approach my character with the question: What would an animal think? How would an animal respond? A lot of times, it's quick action and no fear, and sometimes it's irrational fear. You don't always know.
character talking actors
If you watch the show and the characters don't look at each other while they're talking, the actors probably aren't getting along.
character fighting people
It's all about exploring the more unpredictable aspects in the character, not just fighting people.
character play want
I want to play a variety of different characters in different genres of film. Victoria Justice
character writing voice
The person you are (in total, at that moment in time) is what creates the story you're writing. It's infused in every piece of punctuation, in the plot, in the most minor character who crosses the page. It's all your voice. Victor LaValle