Quotes about character
character choices limits
Cultural constraints condition and limit our choices, shaping our characters with their imperatives. Jeane Kirkpatrick
character impact screens
Characters who are on screen from start to finish are not necessarily the ones who have the greatest impact. Jeanne Moreau
character artist costumes
I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself.
character writing treading
When I am writing, I'm very much on the ground, on the same ground my characters are treading. Graham Swift
character appearance wells
I agree that a well groomed appearance or a slovenly appearance says a lot about one's character. Gloria Gaynor
character evil shining
I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist. Giacomo Casanova
character men thinking
The kind of loving women and men have in them and the ways it comes out from them makes for them the bottom nature in them, gives to them their kind of thinking, makes the character they have all their living in them, makes them then their kind of women and men and there are always many millions made of each kind of them. Gertrude Stein
character muscles athletics
If it is a clichй to say athletics build character as well as muscle, then I subscribe to the clich. Gerald R. Ford
character plot-lines trying
Stand-up is just me trying to be as funny as possible in the most concentrated hour with me standing on stage with no storyline, no plot line, and no character development. Jim Jefferies
character trying acting
I like to rehearse with the actors scenes that are not in the script and will not be in the film because what we're really doing is trying to establish their character, and good acting to me is about reacting. Jim Jarmusch
character ideas trying
When I'm trying to imagine something, I have a few elements, a few ideas, maybe a certain actor or actress I want to create a certain type of character for, or maybe a certain place.
character acting situation
Good acting is about reacting, not tryingto express something, but reacting to a situation as the character.I don't like acting acting.
character thinking plot
I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my films - although I think they do have plots - but the plot is not of primary importance to me, the characters are.
character voice needs
The established characters are easy to recall. I don't know why, but they come back to me instantly when I need them. It's the one-time-only characters that I don't remember where the voice I used came from. Jim Cummings
character home makeup
I had to be on the set for 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' because my character was interacting with Bob Hoskins. It's a lot of 'hurry up and wait.' So there I was, at 2 a.m., sitting in a trailer at Griffith Park trying to stay awake. And I said to myself, 'This stinks.' The way I do it is better. I go into the studio about 10 a.m. There's no makeup to worry about. I can wear whatever I want. As soon I get there, I'm good to go. I record my stuff and go home.
character world want
I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world. Jim DeMint
character understanding may
The character and mentality of the keepers may be of more importance in understanding prisons than the character and mentality of the kept. Jessica Mitford
character play actors
For me as an actor, it's absolutely so thrilling to hear anybody talk about the character that I play. Jessica Pare
character texas literature
Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians. Jessica Savitch
character actors known
Eventually, I'd love to be known as a character actor. Jess Weixler
character writing past
You take something from your past that you're somewhat ashamed about and you write about it from another character's point of view. Jess Walter
character able momentum
I tend to prefer the smaller movies because they shoot more efficiently and so you're are able to maintain that momentum of the character a little more easily. Jesse Eisenberg
character emotional looks
When you take on a role, even if the character is somebody that you are dissimilar to, you have to identify with the role and look for an emotional connection even if there is not a biographical one.
character play kind
I'm kind of shocked any time somebody hires me and even more shocked any time somebody hires me to play a character like Lex Luthor, which I only knew from the public consciousness of him being a bald, brooding villain who is older than me.
character long plot
In 'Zombieland,' it was such a freewheeling plot it almost didn't matter what the characters were doing scene to scene as long as there was a consistent banter.
character bigs feels
The movies that are really big, at least in my experience, oftentimes don't have characters that I feel as personally connected to.
character play long
Any time you play a character for a long period of time, regardless of how close it is to you, it infiltrates your life. It's impossible for it not to.
character stories turmoil
I prefer playing characters that are going through turmoil. Most movie characters are just in service to the story.
character way approach
The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.
character thinking play
People think, 'You're an actor, you can afford clothes,' but I just try to take the clothes from the movie, which makes the selecting of film projects that much more difficult, because you try to play characters that might wear something you'd want to wear.
character journey cards-on-the-table
I never want to sort of put all the cards on the table all at once, because that's somehow there's always a journey to go on. There's always something to be revealed, in my mind, about characters. Jeremy Northam
character kids people
It's something that people relate to - and I hope my kid doesn't relate to - but there's a level of believability in playing complex characters. You know, Christopher Walken has done some hilarious comedies, De Niro. There's great room for complexity and darkness to do well in comedies. Jeremy Sisto
character play people
When you play a character with power and energy, people lock into that and go, "Oh, this must be the guy." Jeremy Piven