Quotes about character
character journey substance
The journey to freedom is paved by the substance of our character. Erwin McManus
character doctors interesting
Normally, we see characters that have God complexes. How interesting, I thought, it would be to capitalize on that. And say, OK, well fine, you have a God complex, well this person has a Satan complex. And the doctor chooses to treat him scientifically. Eriq La Salle
character hair personality
When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect. Florence Welch
character self law
Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. For the greatest things grow by God's Law out of the smallest. But to live your life you must discipline it. You must not fritter it away in "fair purpose, erring act, inconstant will" but make your thoughts, your acts, all work to the same end and that end, not self but God. That is what we call character. Florence Nightingale
character eye writing
I feel that discussing story-writing in terms of plot, character, and theme is like trying to describe the expression on a face by saying where the eyes, nose, and mouth are. Flannery O'Connor
character matter behavior
Poorly written novels--no matter how pious and edifying the behavior of the characters--are not good in themselves and are therefore not really edifying.
character thinking people
All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.
character writing possibility
If there is no possibility for change in a character, we have no interest in him.
character writing ideas
Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character.
character air long
You never know when you're on a show if you're actually going to love it. For the episodes that I'm not in, I read them, but I try to just forget it, as long as it isn't important to my character. That way when the episodes air I get to watch it like a fan and actually enjoy it. Fiona Gubelmann
character civilization firsts
Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of a society is alone the basis of civilization. Henri Frederic Amiel
character doubt different
I wonder whether I should gain anything by the attempt to assume a character which is not mine. My wavering manner, born of doubt and scruple, has at least the advantage of rendering all the different shades of my thought, and of being sincere. If it were to become terse, affirmative, resolute, would it not be a mere imitation?
character doubt trying
Ever since I became a Muslim, I've had to deal with attempts to damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast doubt on my character and trying to connect me to causes which I do not subscribe to. Cat Stevens
character thinking notes
I think when you have a character as richly drawn, I suppose then there are subconscious, mental notes that you've made. Cate Blanchett
character journey thinking
I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism. I think the journey of understanding any character is to see how they tick and how they differ from you.
character two imagination
o matter how much research you do, or invention you do, whether it's a character from a novel, a completely invented character or someone who actually existed, it's a work of faction. By the very fact you only have an hour and a half or two hours to tell a story, you're telescoping events and it is, in the end, a work of imagination.
character thinking way
I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do.
character ugly emotion
I have the embarrassing thing where often if you're watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and the thought stages that your character went through, but you sort of do it with Tourette's. So I end up often crying when I'm crying, and looking angry when I'm looking angry, so it's pretty ugly.
character mean makeup
I've got a funny old face. Someone described it once, and I think they were being kind, as character. But I know what they mean! I've never been that conventional. I suppose maybe it means that my face can look different in different lights, so I just try and sort of keep it simple when I'm going out, to still look like me.
character thinking who-we-are
Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character.
character men said
You could know a man not by what his friends said about him, but by how he treated his servants. Cassandra Clare
character needs theory
If we need a true conception of the popular character to guide our sympathies rightly, we need it equally to check our theories, and direct us in their application. George Eliot
character theater persons
Theres something magical about theater. You can live the character every single day to the point where you become that person. Grace Gummer
character men people
If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak of continental reputation. Gouverneur Morris
character thinking race
It is notable how little empathy is cultivated or valued in our society. I put this down to our traditional racism and obsessive sectarianism. Even so, one would think that we would be encouraged to project ourselves into the character of someone of a different race or class, if only to be able to control him. But no effort is made. Gore Vidal
character want tvs
When I'm watching TV, I'm always drawn to those female characters who are doing something that I would want to do. Gina Holden
character acting research
In acting, you get to explore such an artistic side with different characters to research and learn and explore different things inside yourself and I do that anyway, so I might as well be doing something that I already do, as in a second nature to me, on film. Gina Carano
character thinking important
I think that it is important to establish a world of place for the characters in improv and there is nothing to be gained from disagreeing about that. So you have to establish the principle that if some person establishes one thing we're all going to go along with it and that we are all building from it. Gillian Jacobs
character roles looks
If I can look at each character that I am given and create them in a different way from the last role, I'm happy. Giancarlo Esposito
character thinking people
I think many people have contradictions to them and I love characters that deal with those contradictions.
character done occupation
I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.
character play challenges
Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.
character acting reactions
When you have great acting partners, you hope that your reaction to them is propels you deeper into your own character.