Quotes about character
character thinking order
I don't think there's a way to replace Stabler. The most I could hope for is to come and try and develop a character who is interesting, who is interesting to me, who is interesting to fans and who could contribute to the storytelling that is 'Law & Order: SVU.' Danny Pino
character pieces littles
What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, whereas in film or TV, you have to create that arc in little pieces, and usually out of sequence. Daniel Dae Kim
character play mind
I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters. Daniel Cudmore
character artist work-out
I really tried to work out hard to emulate the look and feel of the character, and did my best to represent the great artists that created him. At the same time, as an actor you have to find what you relate to in the character and make it your own, and hopefully people respond to it.
character dark men
No man of common sense will value a woman the less, for not giving herself up at the first attack, or for not accepting his proposal without enquiring into his person or character; on the contrary, he must think her the weakest of all creatures in the world, as the rate of men now goes; in short, he must have a very contemptible opinion of her capacities, nay, even of her understanding, that having but one cast for her life, shall cast that life away at once, and make matrimony like death, be a leap in the dark. Daniel Defoe
character decision made
There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing. Daniel Day-Lewis
character reflection voice
A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.
character self years
Character cannot be summoned at the moment of crisis if it has been squandered by years of compromise and rationalization. The only testing ground for the heroic is the mundane. The only preparation for that one profound decision which can change a life, or even a nation, is those hundreds of half-conscious, self defining, seemingly insignificant decisions made in private. Habit is the daily battleground of character. Dan Coats
character habit battleground
Habit is the daily battleground of character
character play identity
I knew I wanted to play around with genre-esque imagery, and the identity theft stuff came in the middle, when I was figuring out how the characters were connected to those images. Dan Chaon
character writing plot
I start with an image, then I go from the image toward exploring the situation. Then I write a scene, and from the scene I find the character, from the character I find the larger plot. It's like deductive reasoning - I start with the smaller stuff and work backward.
character dark compassion
I have long admired Caroline Leavitt's probing insight into people, her wit and compassion, her ability to find humor in dark situations, and conversely, her tenderness towards characters.
character thinking issues
Identity issues are hardwired into the way I think about character - it's almost as if I can't get away from them even if I want to.
character people style
Critics have found in the narrative a veneer of erudition that cloaks nothing more than a James Bond-style romp, albeit a highly addictive one. His publisher has described it as 'a thriller for people who don't like thrillers'. One newspaper put it thus: 'It is terribly written, its characters are cardboard cutouts, the dialogue is excruciating in places and, a bit like a computer manual, everything is overstated and repeated - but it is impossible to put the bloody thing down. Dan Brown
character writing talking
Any time two characters are talking about a third, the scene is a crock of s***. David Mamet
character writing theatre
Don't write stage directions. If it is not apparent what the character is trying to accomplish by saying the line, tell us how the character said it or whether or not she moved to the couch isn't going to aid the case.
character historical ignorant
If there be a mind that, not perceiving in the narratives we have compared the fingermarks of tradition, and hence the legendary character of these evangelical anecdotes, still leans to the historical interpretation, whether natural or supernatural; that mind must be alike ignorant of the true character both of legend and of history, of the natural and the supernatural. David Friedrich Strauss
character doors decision
Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside the room - and inside the character's heads. David Frum
character thinking ideas
I tend to think of fiction as being mainly about characters and human beings and inner experience, whereas essays can be much more expository and didactic and more about subjects or ideas. David Foster Wallace
character thinking circles
My worst character flaw that I'm conscious of is that I tend to think my way into circles instead of resolving anything. It's paralyzing and boring for people around me.
character race bulls
I can't stand it when Lewis Hamilton or anyone else, is made out to be a godlike character. If Lewis was driving for Red Bull I'm sure he would race extremely well, but he'd be battling for points. David Coulthard
character play found-someone
Let's put it this way, when I was casting, I cast Viggo first and then found someone who could play his wife, rather than the other way around. So for me he's still the lead character. David Cronenberg
character magic fiction
I love magic and playing with magic systems. But to me, good fantasy like all fiction comes down to good character and plotting.
character fantasy-novels guy
Guy Gavriel Kays Tigana is, in my opinion, one of the best, if not the best fantasy novel ever written. Its beautifully written, the characters are unforgettable, the worldbuilding is exquisite.
character mouths novel
It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel. David Antin
character writing trying
In the writing phase, normally I try not to envisage any particular actors because I like to let the characters sort of reveal themselves in that process. David Ayer
character play actors
Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character from a Chekhov play or a Polanski film. It depends what mood they're in. David Bailey
character talking two
I'm not a big guy. I'm not a menacing guy. I'm not an intimidating guy. I may look that way, but just spend two seconds talking to me, and you know that's not who I am - not as a person, as a character. It's not who I intend to be. Dave Bautista
character two dna
You're always working in the movie. Never was I me, and never have I been me, nor was he him. We were the two characters. But the character that I was playing was informed by my DNA, looking at him informed by his. Donald Sutherland
character mean play
I just want to work with good filmmakers and do good projects that mean something to me and play interesting characters. That's really it. Dylan O'Brien
character interesting perspective
It's interesting to play that [ Thomas in The Maze Runner], actually. The audience gets to see the character discover who he is, things that he never even knew about himself. I love that Thomas starts out as the newbie, as the 'Greenie', and the audience kind of experiences that through his perspective. It's really cool to watch him discover these leadership qualities that he has, and the way you approach it... I guess, just honestly. As honest as you can, really.
character heart past
I really am a character actor, in my heart of hearts, because I really do like developing characters and painting a past for them. Dylan McDermott
character people needs
It probably says something really clinically terrible about my character that I need to get up on a stage and go 'Ra ra ra' in front of people. Dylan Moran