Quotes about character
characters drawn historical taken whether
The characters in my stories, whether historical or fictional, usually prove to be a compilation of influences taken from differing sources, but never drawn from one model. Thomas Steinbeck
character continue depp fan films gary goal indie johnny move playing roles
I'm a big fan of character actors like Johnny Depp and Gary Oldman. My goal is to continue playing character roles in indie films and move into playing character leads. Thomas Ian Nicholas
characters life people
Usually, people write the characters into a box, and that's just not true to life.
characters concerns covered fantasy guides insight nearly needs perspective reading recommend travel travelling
I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a traveller's perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling at some point, and they have many of the same needs and concerns covered in travel guides. Trudi Canavan
characters excited life
I'm excited to bring my characters to life in book form. Toby Turner
character long acting
I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures Brian De Palma
character ideas way
I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him. Bret Easton Ellis
character too-much would-be
Shakespeare without Othello, Lear, Macbeth and Hamlet would be all too much like Hamlet without the prince. Brand Blanshard
character thinking
I think I was always interested in darker characters just because there was a lot more to do. Brady Corbet
character
Characters for me are born on page one and they die on page 100.
character musical rhythm
I feel that as a writer and as a performer too. I never really thought about backstory for characters. It was much more of a musical approach: You learn a melody, and then you sing it, I suppose, or you find a rhythm or a cadence that works for the material. And then it's sort of about hitting that note correctly and finding those beats.
character mean writing
Everyone's different. I mean, some people write journals for their characters and stuff, but that was never really my area.
character honor heritage
It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind. Branch Rickey
character funny-things games
If you look at the game and everything, it's not quite like looking at an animated film, because that's total character. This, this is really movement, but it's got funny little things if you look for the humor. They're actually getting to the character. Don Bluth
character black roles
We're always trailing, as far as the amount of roles that are written for us and the films that are being made that have black characters in them. I don't know if that's going to change. Don Cheadle
character people long
A film has a beginning, middle, and an end. There is a certain amount of time that you have to embody these people. You know the entire story arch. But on TV, you have to let your guard down. You don't know how long the show is going to last. There is this excitement that comes with developing a character long-term. DJ Qualls
character elements weight
The magnitude of the atomic weight determines the character of the element, just as the magnitude of the molecule determines the character of a compound body. Dmitri Mendeleev
character watches used
I used to watch dailies and felt I had to keep on top of the character, but I don't feel that any more. Dianne Wiest
character logical backgrounds
I always devise a background so that it makes what your character goes through logical and keeps up the continuity. Dexter Fletcher
character ideas knowing
When you cover politics, you realize that knowing how to talk about character matters more and more. The way we hold ideas is more important than the ideas. David Brooks
character self views
In my view, success is earned externally by being better than other people. But character, that sort of unfakeable goodness, is earned by being better than you used to be. And it's about self-confrontation.
character missing curtains
I miss theater. I miss living the arc of the character, from curtain to curtain, and I miss the immediate audience response. David Anders
character play missing
I still do miss the freedom to play any kind of character I wanted to play. Dave Foley
character leader promise
Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength of their character. Darren Shan
character thinking ideas
I don't think they knew exactly where they were going with the character, but they lay those stories out ahead of time, so they had some idea where they wanted it to go. David Selby
character self critique
I'm wonderfully self-lacerating, probably to my character's detriment. I'm terribly open to critique. David Shields
character thinking perception
Sometimes I've felt that the industry has typecast me as a certain kind of character. But then I think all it really takes is one role, the right role, to shake that up and change that perception. David Schwimmer
character beats dressers
As bad a dresser as I am, anything beats being judged by my character. David Sedaris
character writing thinking
I don't worry about being exposed. When I'm writing about myself I think about myself as a character. There is a ton of stuff going on in my life that I don't write about. If I need to write that stuff down, I write about myself in my diary.
character judging judge-of-character
Like all of my friends, she's a lousy judge of character.
character evil people
Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes. David Morrissey
character stories evolve
I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist. David McCullough
character love-is stories
My love is to tell a story but I like stories that evolve from character, from the nature of the individuals involved.