Character Quotes

Yes, I do feel the world revolves around me. After all, I am the main character of my own life.

I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences.

Actors are different. Some actors play themselves very successfully, but I come from the theater. Having done Shakespeare, we sometimes did three or four characters in the same play.

One of the beauties of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is the very delicate and strange relationship between the two main characters.

I don't like drawing characters facing right. If I tried to do that at a book signing, I'd have to pencil it first.

When I decided to pursue a career as a Muppet Performer when I was in college, it was my hope to be able to play a wide range of Muppet characters in all areas and genres of television and film.

I never really thought about what characters I play. I always just wanted different characters.

I have a character failing. I am quite incapable of identifying with anything whole-heartedly. Whatever I am doing, I am always planning to do something else. I would rather travel than arrive.

I won't be doing the new show in character, so we'll all get to find out how much of him was me. I'm looking forward to it.

Shamelessness is a wonderful part of the character.

I'm off for two weeks, so until I get back, take the characters in this tweet and parcel them out one per day. Use this Q wisely.

If I'm doing a talk show or an interview, or pretty much anything where I can't control the context, I'm loath to do the character.

The most crucial thing is to learn the craft: how to string sentences together, how to make your dialogue sound like real people, how to properly pace a story, how to develop interesting characters.

Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and contribution.

True independence of character empowers us to act rather than be acted upon.

Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.

Our capacity for production and enjoyment is a function, in the last analysis, of our character, our integrity.

The character's attitude is more important than plot.

It's dialogue that gives your cast their voices, and is crucial in defining their characters.

As a rule, I don't worry about genre. I just want to tell a good story, with characters that interest me and my readers.

The situation comes first...the characters...come next...[then] begin to narrate.

And if you are honest about the words coming out of your characters' mouths, you'll find that you've let yourself in for a fair amount of criticism.

The writer's original perception of a character or characters may be as erroneous as the reader's.

I identify with the characters very closely. At the same time that I'm outside, writing, I'm also inside, experiencing, and it can be very unsettling.

Even in 2012, if there's a black character in the movies or on television that's a professional, if we even hear about their backgrounds they're always 'up from the streets.

What has emerged as I've gotten older is simplifying the characters I play, unless the role calls for something that is arcane or ornate.

I always have a contract with a character. Even when he's unappealing. The contract is to give him his due. To tell his story. And to keep his secrets.

The truth is, I'm a character guy. That's how I see myself. I always see the role as being far more interesting and important than I am... not all actors approach it that way.

Theres always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things.

Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the character.

Using the stratagem of defining character by what changes and what remains the same, the one constant always seems to be regret. We are defined by the objects of our regret.

I want to present a really interesting vision of [Jack] Kirby's characters and environments, as well as dig way, way deeper into the history of the Galactic Rangers.

I love actors. I love working with actors. I really enjoy the process. I love having those in-depth discussions about the interior of their character, and actors really love to discuss that too.

Actually, I get a little say in what my character would or wouldn't do.

Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters.

I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously.

Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.

I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.

I had a lot of coaches growing up that were very hard on the kids in the name of building character, but it could have the opposite effect on kids.

I've always enjoyed watching characters that aren't aware that they're doing anything funny. And I think that inherently makes them funnier.

It's interesting when you're trying to create a character in animation. It's really a communal effort.

Sympathetic characters usually have a voice. They usually don't have any trouble being heard.

In essence I'm really a very traditional writer. I subscribe to the notion that, ultimately, characters do drive everything else.

I've always been proud of my character and how I live my life. So my regrets are few, and the ones I do have, I'm glad I have.

And if Henry Higgins is not the most reprehensible character ever written for the stage, that's only because somewhere, somehow, someone is composing a musical biography of Ronald Reagan

We've got very few bodies right now so we were tired, but we've also got a lot of character and we want to win.

Big hooks have always been a part of American movie-making. So, to make a movie where you're just driving story through the characters without a high-concept is a challenge.

If it's time for your character to go, it's time for your character to go - you know what I mean? That's it. It doesn't matter who you are.

I look at it like, I'm just a character actor. If I get cast as the stoned sidekick, fine. But I just want to act.

I'm always attracted to the vulnerable character more than I am the superhero.