Quotes about character
character trying heroic
I'm not building each one character around one metaphor, so much as trying to build a heroic archetype that can be used to express the kind of metaphors that I find in each story. Kurt Busiek
character different metaphor
The characters are, by their nature, archetypes that can serve different metaphors.
character done metaphor
If there's ever a character who can only serve one metaphor, I'll probably tell one story with that character and be done with it.
character names superhero
At one point, I worked up a list of five requirements for a superhero: superpowers, a costume, a code name, a mission, and a milieu. If the character had three out of the five, they were a superhero. But that's just my definition.
character makeup ideas
Playing Destroyo, who was sort of a Silence Of The Lambs type character, I'd say I was wearing about 50 pounds of rubber and foam rubber and makeup. But I had no idea who The Tick was. I'm not a big graphic-novel guy. I don't even know if The Tick was a graphic novel! Kurt Fuller
character thinking play
People think I'm thick because of the characters I play. I think I'm brighter than the characters. Well, I hope I am. Kevin Whately
character writing shoes
The things that have always drawn me to the craft of writing is character, it's story, it's something that becomes like a pebble in my shoe, a voice that I just can't get rid of, and I've got to see it through. Khaled Hosseini
character empathy understanding
If you connect emotionally with the plight of those characters, ou feel what they feel and you walk away with a sense of understanding and empathy, and hopefully, something has been illuminated for you. And I tink that's what happendd for a lot of readers with my novels.
character men female
It so happens that the major relationships in the novel [The Kite Runner] are between men, dictated not by any sort of prejudice or discomfort with female characters, but rather by the demands of the narrative.
character novel
The story line of my novel [The Kite Runner] is largely fictional. The characters were invented and the plot imagined.
character acting moments
That's what acting is - it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. Kerry Washington
character views play
I'm doing this play right now, the new David Mamet play. It's called 'Race,' and it's very interesting how people really leave the theater filled with the desire to talk about the play and the issues and the characters, and how they're all navigating their personal views around race.
character thinking cartoon
I love wearing the exact same thing all the time because I think it makes you like a cartoon character. They always wear the same outfit and everybody always remembers them for it, so I feel like I should do the same thing. Kesha
character adults flaws
It's not a character flaw to become an adult. Kenneth Lonergan
character writing people
I often find myself writing about people taking care of each other, or trying to. And often seem to write about situations that are too big for the characters.
character profound sublime
There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof, I hope, there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am not understood, it shall be concluded, that something very useful and profound is couched underneath; and again, that whatever word or sentence is printed in a different character, shall be judged to contain something extraordinary either or wit of sublime. Jonathan Swift
character men talking
Brisk talkers are usually slow thinkers. There is, indeed, no wild beast more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate. If you are civil to the voluble they will abuse your patience; if brusque, your character.
character support done
Perpetual aiming at wit is a very bad part of conversation. It is done to support a character: it generally fails; it is a sort of insult on the company, and a restraint upon the speaker.
character years lasts
For me, the attraction of TV is that you continue to get to tell those stories and refine those characters. The other thing is that TV, in the last years, got really, really, really good. Jonathan Nolan
character television different
Television is very different than working on film. With films, you get to develop a set of characters, and then, at the end of the film, you have to throw them away.
character essence i-can
I can't impersonate someone. That is not what I do. I can only take someone's essence and create a character out of that. Naomie Harris
character thinking done
I always find filming stressful. I get very caught up thinking about my character - 'Am I doing it right? Should it be done this way?'
character men males
Women are mere "beauties" in men's culture so that culture can be kept male. When women in culture show character, they are not desirable, as opposed to the desirable, artless ingenue. Naomi Wolf
character winning differences
If a person has built a sound character, it makes but little difference what people say about him, because he will win in the end. Napoleon Hill
character thinking people
Your reputation is that which people think you are; your character is that which you are.
character influence persons
Money is either a good or bad influence, according to the character of the person who possesses it.
character development care
Because I know that my character is developed from my own acts and thoughts, I will guard with care all that goes into its development.
character humility way
The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes. Napoleon Bonaparte
character men france
France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.
character government wish
It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.
character victory organized
Character is victory organized.
character men delight
Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.
character rude awakening
True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.