Quotes about character
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.
character different casts
History isn't just what happened, but what happened to whom and why and what would have been different if the cast of characters had been different.
character balloons sometimes
Sometimes, comics will make the observation that it's not jokes that are funny, it's characters that are funny. And isn't that true! That's why I always kill jokes. I'm terrible at them, because I get the joke right, but I can't get the character right, and it just goes down like a lead balloon. David Mitchell
character voice misunderstood
Every character and person in life needs a voice and every once in a while I get to inhabit the voice of the misunderstood. David Koechner
character home wonderful
First of all, it was wonderful to have a home. Consistent work when you're a journeyman actor, when you're a character actor, is really hard to come by. When you can get it, you have to cherish every moment of it - cherish the crew, cherish the cast, cherish the stage, cherish everything. Because when it's over, it's really hard to get back. David Krumholtz
character opportunity wish
I wish that I had gotten a chance to do another season of [ Gigi Does It], to see if I could explore the story more, or the character more, and also find an easier way to make the show. We never got that opportunity. But I'll always be super, super proud of it.
character giving choices
The Josh Brolin character in that movie [Hail, Caesar!], he's given a choice to leave, to do something where he wouldn't have to work as hard. And he'd rather work and deal with the madness of what he's doing because it thrills him, because it gives him meaning.
character thinking littles
I think the show [Grimm] became a little more procedural following the pilot, and I didn't know that would happen. Recently more of the mythology has crept in, and the characters are starting to bloom. David Giuntoli
character thinking x-files
I'm not doing a Mulder, there was no character reference-point. I think Mark Buchman shot it very David Fincher, but we did not know what the [X-Files] show was going to be.
character exit different
Sketches have characters, exits, entrances and are vastly different. David Cross
character thinking should-have
Directors are always changing things at the last minute. Actors will do a scene, and the director will say, ‘Okay, that was perfect, but this time, Bob, instead of saying “What’s for dinner?” you say, “Wait a minute! Benzene is actually a hydrocarbon!” And say it with a Norwegian accent. Also, we think maybe your character should have no arms. Dave Barry
character challenges stories
I can't recall a story that played out exactly as I'd expected it to. That's one of the thrills of journalism - being surprised, and learning new stuff, but it also poses the biggest challenge to a writer's character.
character thinking creating
When you're creating a character out of nothing, you have to make all the guesses as to how they walk, how they talk, how they think. It was all there on the table for us to pick and choose for Murrow. David Strathairn
character gay men
Alfonso Cuarón, in the rehearsals, without J.K. Rowling's knowledge, told me that [my character] was, in fact, gay. So I'd been playing a part like a gay man for quite a long time. Until it turned out that I indeed got married to Tonks. I changed my whole performance after that. Just saw it as a phase he went through. David Thewlis
character people hollywood
The great exception to that, of course, is Johnny Depp, who is absolutely the ultimate character actor. Johnny Depp is the future of the character actor and thanks to his success maybe we will see the return of an era when my sort of actor is back in vogue. It's not in vogue for me to be in Hollywood movies as lots of different people. David Suchet
character thinking people
I think I've grown up in an era where character acting on film has become less desirable for the producers and directors and therefore the audience. They have got used to the people that those actors really are.
character interesting guy
It has to be said that the bad guys are often more interesting than the good guys because you get to indulge part of your nature that hopefully gets subsumed most of the time. But I just like playing interesting characters, and variety's the spice of that, as it is with life, I suppose. David Tennant
character thinking self
I think it would be self-indulgent to go, "Oh, I'm going to make this character different by giving him a quirk of some kind." I don't think that serves the story, particularly. But even very similar scenes with a different set of actors, a different set of circumstances, it starts to evolve as a different character.
character emperor impulsive
Twitter is very impulsive and impermanent and you only have 140 characters. There is no greater 'Emperor' of Twitter than Stephen Fry. David Tang
character memorable games
Once we start seeing video games that have more memorable characters, you'll see better movie adaptations. David S. Goyer
character careers classic
During my career I've enjoyed re-invigorating and contextualizing classic characters that are relatable to contemporary audiences.
character home stuff
You have to understand the tone of the movie, because if it's supposed to be funny, it can be funny violent like the Home Alone stuff, but you have to really understand the tone of what you're doing and make the action work for that and for the character. David R. Ellis
character rich shows
I like shows that are surprising and not predictable. That have deep, rich characters that are fully formed. David Nevins