Quotes about character
character actors said
Actors will say, 'My character wouldn't say that.' Who said it was your character? James Gandolfini
character men play
I lost 30 pounds to play my character in 'The Mexican', but people don't take to skinny mafia men, and I don't feel right when I'm thin.
character goal overcoming
You should at all times be showing a well-motivated character overcoming obstacles in pursuit of a goal. James Frey
character intolerance wells
Intolerance of dissent is a well-noted feature of the American national character. J. William Fulbright
character giving reason-why
As much as I can give of myself I give of myself. There's no reason why not. And when I have to hide something, I let the character speak. Isaac Bashevis Singer
character logic
The characters have their own lives and their own logic, and you have to act accordingly.
character names gossip
It seems that the analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. And literature does it, unlike gossip, without mentioning names.
character entertainment analysis
The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.
character experts fingerprints
I don't invent characters because the Almightly has already invented millions... Just like experts at fingerprints do not create fingerprints but learn how to read them.
characteristics chiefs
It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works. Isaac Asimov
character always-believe
I always believed in my characters. I lived them Irene Dunne
character found existence
In the mere concept of one thing it cannot be found any character of its existence. Immanuel Kant
character thinking intuition
All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.
character dark thinking
Reason must approach nature with the view, indeed, of receiving information from it, not, however, in the character of a pupil, who listens to all that his master chooses to tell him, but in that of a judge, who compels the witnesses to reply to those questions which he himself thinks fit to propose. To this single idea must the revolution be ascribed, by which, after groping in the dark for so many centuries, natural science was at length conducted into the path of certain progress.
character thinking personality
Bob Duvall is a great actor because each time out, he creates a whole, complete character. You have the feeling that you're not seeing an actor at all, but a fully realized human being. Think of how he was in The Godfather. If you didn't know Bobby, you'd think that he really was Tom, the consigliere. Then you see him in Santini, and he's completely different. He's not only a personality, he's a consummate actor. Ellen Burstyn
character imagination trying
I feel like with every character, you try to put yourself in that person's position and just completely use your imagination. That's what I do, at least. Everything is just pretend. Elle Fanning
character writing interesting
Some celebrities, it's interesting, because they're fantastic playing a character when somebody is writing the lines for them, and they're amazing actors, but they're not as comfortable on television in front of a live audience and just having a conversation and being themselves. Ellen DeGeneres
character gay community
When I decided to have my character on the show come out, I knew I was going to have to come out, too. I never wanted to be the lesbian actress. I never wanted to be the spokesperson for the gay community. Ever. I did it for my own truth.
character voice fire
It is easy enough to be virtuous When nothing tempts you to stray; When without or within No voice of sin Is luring your soul away. But it is only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire. For the soul that is worth the treasures of the earth is the soul that resists desire. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
character fate loan
No fate could rob us of our own-- No circumstance can make it less; What time removes was but a loan, For what was ours we still possess.
character fortune miscellaneous
It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
character moderation proof
Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character....
character jerk ends
I don't like characters that are left being jerks at the end of the movie. Jeremy London
character technique charm
I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what I was doing, but it worked and the character suited me. Jeremy Irons
character thinking swag
I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.
character interesting people
The great thing about acting is, because you're constantly playing other characters and exploring yourself because you have to find those other characters in yourself, you sort of broaden as a person over your life because you've been other people. So you can empathize with many different sorts of people. It's great in that way and I hope, therefore, as you get older as an actor, you not only get more interesting because you lived more, but you get a bit wiser as a person.
character kids doors
I've always thought of characters like advent calendars. You have Christmas and you have all the little doors over the windows and every day you're allowed to open one more as it gets towards Christmas and you see more and more about what's inside that house.I remember as a kid being fascinated by that and I've always thought of my character as a little bit like that. I like to have secrets and slowly let those secrets out to the audience, sometimes never let them out, but let them see as you open the shutters, open and see a little bit more of a character.
character suffering doe
Suffering produces Character, and Character produces Hope, and Hope does not disappoint us Jeremy Lin
character past two
My first two novels were set in the past, and that freed me up in a lot of ways; it allowed me to find my way into my story and my characters through research. Jennifer Gilmore
character cutting caring
I've done movies in the past that have so many characters and I find it's very hard to follow all these stories. You end up not caring about any of the people and I thought that would be the case in this film, and you had these big speeches for each character, you know, it's like "God that's how you'll have to cut that down in order to paste it all", to edit the movie and my representatives could say "no, you really you ought to check it out. Jeff Bridges
character thinking faithful
You have that Frank Capra kind of side to it and the characters are really well drawn, so I think everybody tried their best to stay faithful to the script.
character thinking actors
I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that.
character home thinking
Once, during an interview in front of my wife, I was asked, "Are you one of those actors who brings your character home? Do you stay in character?" I said, "No, not really. I don't do that," and she started laughing. I asked her why. She said, "Well, you might think you don't bring characters home, but you do." So, while I don't feel like a character is lingering, it probably is.