Quotes about character
character writing stories
I didn't 'decide' to write YA, per se. But every time I thought of a story, it featured characters 15, 16, 17. Sara Zarr
character research might
I don't like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.
character stories events
I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.
character thinking scripts
When I can't get the character out of my head, and I'm in my bedroom and I start to actually act out the scenes that I've read in a script, I think okay, I really want to do this. Saoirse Ronan
character want known
One of the things that would steer me away from a franchise is that I'm playing the same character all the time and I wouldn't want to be known for that.
character appreciate roles
I appreciate the written word and spoken word more, but Atonement sort of established so much of me. It was a character that didn't really speak, and I found that a lot of the roles I was gravitating toward after that were kind of nonverbal.
character parent moral
The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler Samuel Morse
character hands change-for-the-better
Character is undergoing constant change, for better or for worse--either being elevated on the one hand, or degraded on the other. Samuel Smiles
character saving lost
If character be irrecoverably lost, then indeed there will be nothing left worth saving.
character exercise men
The crown and glory of life is character. It is the noblest possession of a man, constituting a rank in itself, and an estate in the general good-will; dignifying every station, and exalting every position in society. It exercises a greater power than wealth, and secures all the honor without the jealousies of fame. It carries with it an influence which always tell; for it is the result of proved honor, rectitude, and consistency-qualities which, perhaps more than any other, command the general confidence and respect of mankind.
character educator practicals
Work is one of the best educators of practical character.
character individual great-hope
The great hope of society is in individual character William Ellery Channing
character people important
I don't want people to know anything about me, because that's not important. I'm more interested in the me that takes shape through the characters. Willem Dafoe
character cartoon want
When you work on anything, you want to find the range of impulses - which ones get portrayed is another question, but you want to have that complexity and that fullness, even if you're playing a cartoon character.
character play trying
I try to do as many of my own stunts as possible. If you keep on taking yourself out of the role you play, you lose the thread of the character.
character thinking roles
It's true in the beginning I started playing villains, and I think that's pretty clear, because if you don't conventionally look a certain way and you've got a certain kind of presence when you're young, then what's available to you is character roles, and the best character roles when you're young tend to be villains.
character suffering actors
As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a sweetheart.
character people giving
I try to attach myself to people who really inspire me, and directors who are really passionate. That way, I can give myself more fully and trust the impulse behind why the film is being made, and I can be a little more irresponsible in finding out what the character is.
character worry trying
I don't worry so much about the audience. I want them very much to be involved and enjoy the movie, but I try to just inhabit the character in a full way, where I can create a personal stake.
character mind stories
Authors can only soft sell the environment. Create a wonderful story around the environment involving the characters that leaves a lasting impression on the reader's mind. Wilbur Smith
character thinking pieces
All my characters have got a big slice of me in them. A big piece of me, because it's my dialogue and this is the way I think and talk.
character stories changed
As the story unfolded, the cast of characters changed to match it. Warren Spector
character celebration thanksgiving-day
Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Ronald Reagan
character principles reputation
Too often character assassination has replaced debate in principle here in Washington. Destroy someone's reputation, and you don't have to talk about what he stands for.
character
Aamir Khan told me that I was doing Sameer's character all wrong in Dil Chahta Hai Saif Ali Khan
character people fiction
This is one of the ways fiction is more liberating than nonfiction - I don't have to be so concerned with fact. I had the paradigm of certain people in my head who became my characters, but I never considered these people to be from a "certain sector of society," unless we agree that we're all from certain sectors of society. Said Sayrafiezadeh
character ideas symphony
I don't work with an outline, except a vague one in my head, a general idea of character, place, arc... I'm like a composer with a symphony in their head: I can hear the music, I just have to figure out how to put it down on paper. But I don't always know where my stories are going when I begin.
character men moral
Moral character is assessed not by what a man knows but by what he loves Saint Augustine
character order law
Slavery is not penal in character and planned by that law which commands the preservation of the natural order and forbids disturbance.
character renegades wander
He indeed possesses the Character imposed on him, but he wanders as a renegade.
character order people
In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
character interesting people
Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people. Yael Stone
character interesting television
Its really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.