Quotes about character
character looks charisma
Never be impressed with charisma. Look for character. Rick Warren
character happy-life goal
Life is [perceived as] a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy. We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
character kids writing
Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if you go off on a tangent or if you give them extraneous information that doesn't serve the story. You really have to tell a tight story. You have to give them humor and suspense and believable characters. All those things that adults want too, but you have to be really on your game when you're writing for kids. Rick Riordan
character cutting veins
But you have said it too often, Mr. Benedict!" said Mrs. Perumal in an imperious tone that was quite out of character. "And if you continue in this vein, I'm afraid we'll be compelled to cut our visit short. Surely there are other establishments that would host an entire troup of guests - indefinitely and without reward - and not feel obliged to apologize for it! Trenton Lee Stewart
character dull vulnerability
I tend to find characters who lack vulnerability dull.
character actors influence
My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors. Tracey Ullman
character knows
Every character I do is based on someone I know.
character african-american reactions
I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.
character good-movie scripts
The script is a blueprint for the film - there are very few bad scripts that make good movies. If you really like the character and understand the utility it serves within the movie, that's a part of my process. Topher Grace
character reactions great-things
The great thing about playing a character that's similar to the audience, or similar to you, is that you get to have the same reaction that you would actually have to whatever's going on.
character quality want
He's very competitive and knows what he wants. He has developed toughness in character and that is what is needed for Indian cricket. Ganguly has proved to be one of the best captains. He has now acquired great leadership qualities. Steve Waugh
character superhero vulnerable
I'm always attracted to the vulnerable character more than I am the superhero. Steve Zahn
character looks actors
I look at it like, I'm just a character actor. If I get cast as the stoned sidekick, fine. But I just want to act.
character mean writing
'Divergent' was my utopian world. I mean, that wasn't the plan. I never even set out to write dystopian fiction, that's just what I had when I was finished. At the beginning, I was just writing about a place I found interesting and a character with a compelling story, and as I began to build the world, I realized that it was my utopia. Veronica Roth
character thinking creating-things
As an actor you bring some of your own experiences which can make things easier. You build off of it, but your imagination is always the best thing you have as far as creating things I think specifically for what that character is going through. But you're definitely drawing obviously upon things that you can connect to, and then you kind of mold the change that you're making into something that's right for the character. Vince Vaughn
character people stuff
I just want people to come to my stuff and escape and see me as a character, not as anything else.
character listening might
The main thing about improvising is listening so if something happens that wasn't expected and you know your character, you know what has to happen in this scene, you can react to that in a way that's honest and it might take you in a different direction to go to the same place.
character people tragedy
My thing was always more character-driven comedies, not sketch comedy - not that there's not room for both or one isn't enjoyable, just my personal taste, I like movies that comedy comes from out of flaws of people, things that are uncomfortable, out of tragedy.
character people
I don't build character. I eliminate the people who don't have it. Vince Lombardi
character discipline mind
Mental toughness is a state of mind - you could call it 'character in action.'
character nfl watches
Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
character frustration peculiar
Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don't have to bring the characters to life, but you do have to make them more convincing. Vikram Seth
character play steps
You play your character and it isn't right to step out of it. You have to stay in that character. Robert Goulet
character rejection
Rejection reveals your character. Robert G. Allen
character use-of-power use
Nothing discloses character like the use of power. Robert Green Ingersoll
character impossible hebrew
It is impossible for me to conceive of a character more utterly detestable than that of the Hebrew god.
character play want
I was playing this horrible part. I didn't didn't want to play it because the character was an awful racist. But I'm glad I did it because I met Sidney Poitier. Richard Widmark
character stills my-own
I've been allowed to develop my own character, which I'm still working on. Rue McClanahan
character people support
I learned that I had character defects, that I was allergic to alcohol and drugs, and that I had an obsession with all the bad stuff. But thank God that I woke and that I had good people around me to support me. There's not much more I can say about it. You have to want to be a better person. Sugar Ray Leonard
character play want
You don't want to play a character you can't inhabit or commit to fully. Stockard Channing
character writing trying
When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world. When I'm not at my desk, the rest of the time, I try to stay in that character and see the world the way that character would It's almost like method acting in a way — keeping the character close the way the actor keeps a script close and always tries to be in character. Stewart O'Nan
character eye world
Getting inside your character's head and letting the reader see the world through not just their eyes but their sensibility creates an intimacy that can't be duplicated in any other medium.
character golf games
The vast majority of golfers don't go on to play golf as a profession, but they do go onto other professions where there will heat on them from time to time. Some people choke under pressure. If you have that as part of your character - that you don't perform well under pressure - it's really important for you to know that. The game teaches you about that. Stewart Cink