Quotes about character
character voice novelists
The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them act; he hears their voices even before he knows them. Andre Gide
character film sometimes
I love to perform and I love to perform characters, and sometimes when I'm doing television and film, I just feel like I'm making a living. I'm good at it, but I'm not really being artistically challenged. Amy Hill
character writing easy
When the writing is good and it suits your character, you don't have to memorize anything, because it just makes sense. You read it and you go, "Oh, that makes sense." And it's easy.
character people
I love a large cast of characters. That's the way life is: it's flooded with people and we keep them all straight. Ann Patchett
character always-trying keys
For me, the key is always trying to find the connection between the audience and the character I'm playing. That's important to me, in any work I do. Aneurin Barnard
character play challenges
Of course, every actor has their box and you have to respect and play for it, but I do love challenging myself. I love every role to be new, and I always like to bring a freshness to every character I play.
character thinking careers
I think if you're able to do over the course of your career 20, 30, 50 very wonderful rich characters, you'd rather have that than an Oscar. Angela Bassett
character actors research
As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that.
character years two
Basically the movies I make are my life, so I choose how I want to live my life for the next two years. So that's a decision I have to make. At some point if I feel there are enough elements - it doesn't even have to have great characters or great stories - it's just elements that can get my excitement and curiosity for one or two years, then I'll jump in and I'll find out what that is. Then I have to do [interviews like this] and rationalize why I do this. Ang Lee
character situation clash
I feel like all of my characters now take this congested situation, they clash, and from there you purge yourself.
character men tragedy
To choose a writer for a friend is like palling around with your cardiologist, who might be musing as you talk to him that you are a sinking man. A writer's love for another writer is never quite free of malice. He may enjoy discussing your failures even more than you do. He probably sees you as tragic, like his characters - or unworthy of tragedy, which is worse. Anatole Broyard
character men secret
Also, I do not like the companionship of women. They are petty and personal. They hang on to their mysteries and secrets, they act and pretend. I like the character of men better. Anais Nin
character america shells
The shell is America's most active contribution to the formation of character. A tough hide. Grow it early.
character actors exciting
That is exciting to reinvent myself, to invent a new character. As an actor that is revitalizing. Amanda Tapping
character cutting interesting
I don't find anything interesting about the choices a character faces in major films or theater projects. The characters are just cut-out dolls with the American flag sewn on them. Amanda Plummer
character home army
I left home at 14 and I have friends who joined the navy and the army performing troops at 9. I know people [like that]. It's a very straightforward character. Amanda Schull
character careers bridges
You don't want to burn any bridges, but you also want to make sure you leave your character bridges wide open and you're never seen as one particular thing, or that's who you'll be, unfortunately, for the rest of your career.
character thinking ideas
I think the idea of embodying the physical presence of a character is the same on stage and screen. There are just different levels of expression to keep in mind for each platform.
character creating different
I love the process of creating a character; someone entirely different from myself, and depicting it, either on stage or screen.
character play wells
You can really get into it - especially in the movies, where you really have the time to get into your character and play her well. Amanda Peterson
character play knowing
I just love to act. I like to get away, totally play a different character, someone you can get really involved in knowing. I've gotten really involved in some characters and written down little summaries of where they live and what their families are like.
character fake-world play
It was a big deal to me to play characters and feel things and connect to somebody in a fake world. Amanda Seyfried
character ifs bits
If you can just actually let the character be for a bit, then you get the right sense. Anne Enright
character knowing-everything rooms
I love the characters not knowing everything and the reader knowing more than them. There's more mischief in that and more room for seriousness, too.
character writing thinking
I think it's very important to write a demythologized woman character. My characters are flawed. They are no better than they should be.
character being-in-love reality
Novels institutionalize the ruse of eros. It becomes a narrative texture of sustained incongruence, emotional and cognitive. It permits the reader to stand in triangular relation to the characters in the story and reach into the text after the objects of their desire, sharing their longing but also detached from it, seeing their view of reality but also its mistakenness. It is almost like being in love. Anne Carson
character actors faces
Your face needs to have character if you're an actor - otherwise you're just a face. Anne Hathaway
character judging people
Anyhow, I've learned one thing now. You only really get to know people when you've had a jolly good row with them. Then and then only can you judge their true characters! Anne Frank
character circles long
I want friends, not admirers. People who respect me for my character and my deeds, not my flattering smile. The circle around me would be much smaller, but what does that matter, as long as they're sincere?
character swings way
The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character.
character fighting trying
I can't imagine how anyone can say: "I'm weak," and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: "Because it's so much easier not to!
character thinking people
I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters, not the other way around. Ann Beattie
character men interesting
Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman.