Quotes about character
character giving people
If you try to give people knowledge, and you haven't trained them in character, based on faith, they will become intellectual reprobates. Doug Phillips
character play want
Each character you play has its own set of characteristics, for want of a better word. Douglas Booth
character men opposites
The reputation of generosity is to be purchased pretty cheap; it does not depend so much upon a man's general expense, as it does upon his giving handsomely where it is proper to give at all. A man, for instance, who should give a servant four shillings, would pass for covetous, while he who gave him a crown, would be reckoned generous; so that the difference of those two opposite characters, turns upon one shilling. Doug Stanhope
character numbers common-sense
The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79. Douglas Adams
character men principles
Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his character; and then he is never made radically better for its influence. Dorothea Dix
character artist two
Most of the methods of training the conscious side of the writer-the craftsman and the critic in him- are actually hostile to the good of the artist's side; and the converse of this proposition is likewise true. But it is possible to train both sides of the character to work in harmony, and the first step in that education is to consider that you must teach yourself not as though you were one person, but two. Dorothea Brande
character creating secret
I'll tell you the secret. When you begin with a character, you want to begin by creating a villain. Dorothy Allison
character heart way
I need you to do more than survive. As writers, as revolutionaries, tell the truth, your truth in your own way. Do not buy into their system of censorship, imagining that if you drop this character or hide that emotion, you can slide through their blockades. Do not eat your heart out in the hope of pleasing them.
character thinking feminist
I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women. Doris Lessing
character cutting things-in-life
I was always cutting dialogue out when we were rehearsing, and when I produced movies, too. I felt that people don't say things in life - they act, they do things. I always wanted my characters doing, rather than saying what they were doing - which was redundant. Donna Mills
character reality trying
I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table. Donnie Wahlberg
character people different
I didnt get arrested to show off my wild character. People say its a gimmick for all five of us to be different. Thats ridiculous.
character blood fiction
Character, to me, is the life's blood of fiction Donna Tartt
character alive tradition
I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive.
character opposites anxious
Opposites are attracted when each one is anxious about its own character. Donald Hall
character sympathetic
My characters are always utterly sympathetic to me. Donal Logue
character stuff-i-like years
I like that kind of stuff. I like doing speeches. I've been lucky because I've had a lot of characters, over the years, who will have three or four page speeches.
character thinking social-network
When I did 'The Social Network,' David Fincher told me that I managed to make a thankless character pretty awesome. I thought that was really cool because I think he's really cool. Dakota Johnson
character heart thinking
It depends on the story and the filmmaker. And it depends on the character, and the heart and soul of the person that I see on the page, and if it resonates with something that I think I can summon in myself.
character laughing people
I felt so much when I was fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, I felt everything. I didn't understand [myself], I was so happy yet so angry and sad. That was the point when I realized that I needed to tell stories and make characters come alive and I needed to make people cry, and make people angry, and make people happy, and make them laugh.
character pride vanity
When dealing with people, let us remember that we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity. ...Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving. Dale Carnegie
character thinking interesting
I think television is really incredible because of the fact that you get to sit with a character for so, and the character does something different, every week. I think that's really interesting. Cristin Milioti
character toys collectors
I'm a geeky toy collector, and to have toys of your own characters is unbelievably cool. Craig McCracken
character play partners
Don't go so deep in yourself that you no longer exist for your partner and for the character and for the play. Constantin Stanislavski
character events arches
The character has to have some kind of arch. The character has to go through an event, and be changed by the human event.
character unhappy looks
When you're playing a character who's cruel, look for the places where he's kind. When you're playing a character who is unhappy, look for the places where he has a glint of merriment.
character play giving
The life of a character should be an unbroken line of events and emotions, but a play only gives us a few moments on that line - we must create the rest to portray a convincing life.
character together sophie
On their own, each [character] is a victim of no importance. But when you bring them together, they become a dangerous weapon. Jeanne is the vowel and Sophie the consonant. Psychologists know this phenomenon well. Each individual is harmless, but together they create an explosive chemical reaction. It's like Bonnie and Clyde, like Thelma and Louise. Claude Chabrol
character thinking class
I don't think that you necessarily need a certain type of background to take on roles. You see actors from very, very privileged backgrounds playing working class characters and vice-versa. I don't think your background limits you as to what you can do. Daniel Radcliffe
character biblical good-things
And well historically it's never been a good thing to compare yourself to biblical characters.
character ideas knowing
My preparation is mainly just knowing the lines and getting in and knowing where your character is, knowing what it's about and having ideas that you can put in on the day.
character acting world
I have quite a rich inner life, and I'm constantly looking for a way to express that. I haven't found it yet in acting. When you're playing a character, you're only going to find outlets for very specific parts of your inner world.
character people want
I want to prove to people that I'm an actor and not just a character.