Quotes about character
character writing mind
When I'm writing novels, even screenplays, it's never an actor I have in mind; it's always the version in my head of who the character is. Once somebody gets cast, I have to adjust a little bit to who they are. Jonathan Tropper
character play lectors
I really would love to play a hannibal lector or PSYCO type character. Kevin Smith
character play interesting
I can't judge the characters I play, because it's for the audience to do. What I can try to do is to understand and embody what were they going through? How did they make the decisions they made? That to me is a more interesting way to approach something, rather than saying this person is a villain and that person is this and - because it's not very interesting to play that anyway. Kevin Spacey
character writing ideas
The characters created cannot just be a mouthpiece for the writer. When you look at a piece of writing, and it's genuine and it doesn't feel like every character is just a mouthpiece for the writer, but that they've been created in such a way that they're expressing an idea that a writer wants to get across, that's when a story succeeds.
character thinking doubt
I think that there is no doubt that every experience you have in your life, whether it's playing a character or something else, you bring that to the work.
character thinking trying
It's the way I feel about acting. That we are given clues by a writer about someone's essence or persona and it's our job to try to figure out which of those clues are true, which of clues we decide to follow and which of those clues we think are red herrings, or only in the way another character thinks of that character.
character thinking interesting
Sometimes you walk away from playing somebody and you think, "Wow that was far as from my own experience as I can possibly be." And sometimes you walk away thinking, "Wow. There are qualities in that character that I didn't realize I had." And those can be both interesting and uncomfortable.
character play judging
I dont categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I dont judge; I just play them.
character able costumes
Im able to hang up the character with the costume at the end of the movie.
character ugly done
I'm a relatively ugly character who's done pretty damn well in film.
character differences actors
Have we become so celebrity-obsessed that there is no longer a difference between a character and an actor? I hope not.
character night play
There are times when you do a play when you are living in the character over a two-and-a-half-hour period or longer, and you come to the end of the night, and you can feel like you were hit by a truck.
character easier convince
The less you know about me the easier it is to convince you that I'm the character on screen.
character gone cable-tv
Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories.
character games trying
Games are advancing in terms of storytelling and trying to create a character, and its a brand new audience for me.
character feelings grew
Audiences grew to like this duality of feeling, where youre both championing a character and youre revolted by them.
character thinking quality
I think that different actors bring different qualities to the character. Kevin Conroy
character responsibility actors
I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible. Kevin Bacon
character kids wife
There's something therapeutic about nudity. Clothing is one of the external things about a character. Take away the Gucci or Levi's and we're all the same. But not when the nanny is around. But I will with my wife and kids.
character dialect
I did all the dialect work, all my character work completely by myself.
character actors i-can
I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.
character long vagabonds
I'm a vagabond. I have a suitcase that is ready to go at a moment's notice. The thought of being in one place for a long time, or playing one character for a long time, is terrifying for me.
character play worry
I don't really worry so much about image. I try to just live my own life, my personal life, to my own sense of morality. In terms of the kinds of characters that I play, well, they could be anything.
character white drawing
The difference between what we see and a sheet of white paper with a few thin lines on it is very great. Yet this abstraction is one which we seem to have adopted almost instinctively at an early stage in our development, not only in Neolithic graffiti but in early Egyptian drawings. And in spite of its abstract character, the outline is responsive to the least tremor of sensibility. Kenneth Clark
character knowing trying
With each movie, we went in trying to explore that character a little deeper, or in a different sense. But, at the same time, there was a comfort in knowing that you know this person. Kellan Lutz
character thinking two
Bill [Condon] is such a great actor's director. He cares about what you're thinking. And, he's very open. Even though he was pressed for time, and he was doing two movies at once, and all this stuff was happening around him, he would still take time to sit there and talk to you about your scene and your character and what you were going through. That was really a treat.
character said has-beens
It has been said that a nation reveals its character by the values it upholds. Kay Granger
character scripts auditions
A lot of the time, I won't read the script until my second or third audition just 'cause a lot of the scripts are the same and the characters are the same. Kay Panabaker
character writing people
I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters. Kathy Reichs
character thinking tvs
You'd be naive if you think you are going to retain any control once you option a character to TV.
character thinking obstacles
I really think if you take away a character's obstacles then there's no comedy. Kunal Nayyar
character metaphor
The metaphor is the story, not the character. Kurt Busiek
character thinking very-strong
I think the Hulk has always appealed very strongly to much younger readers than Spider-Man, because Spider-Man is an adolescent character, and the Hulk is a very childlike character.