Character Quotes
Your reputation is that which people think you are; your character is that which you are.
Acting is a marvelous profession ... If you can spend enough time playing other people, you don't have to think too much about your own character and motivations.
In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience.
Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story, of character, of empathetic involvement.
When the characters are really alive before their author, the latter does nothing but follow them in their action, in their words, in the situations which they suggest to him.
Remember what Bogie and my mother both used to say: 'Character is the most important thing. All that matters is character!'
Easy was, like, spending time with Jennifer on set. Difficult stuff about character is, it was a little bit like just being the only one with no superhuman powers.
My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.
I don't judge people by their accent, or how they word things, or how grammatically correct their speech is. Some of the smartest men in the world couldn't spell. I judge a person by their character.
If you're really mind-full, and if you underline that aspect of fullness, wholeness, or wholeheartedness, it reveals the gift character of everything.
As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.
The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.
Sometimes I've felt that the industry has typecast me as a certain kind of character. But then I think all it really takes is one role, the right role, to shake that up and change that perception.
A character on a page has to feel real, and for me the greatest fun is if you could gender-swap the role.
I've been very lucky in the characters I've chosen. Up until last year I was a nobody. I did jobs I booked because I needed to put food in my mouth.
I feel that we live in an age where everyone's trying to reduce, and soundbite, and cut it down to140 characters, and that's not what life is.
It's always an interesting challenge to see if you can create a character that's got emotion.
No one can truly see Christ, and drink in the influence of his character, and not be a Christian at heart.
I feel the other element of a western is the land, which is very important in this movie. I mean the land is another character in the piece, actually
In the Emperor's New Clothes, they got a different celebrity to do each voice. They drew up a picture of each character and then each actor wrote their own part
The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.
To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage.
I always had a lot of confidence in my work and the unique flavor I like to bring to my characters, but you know I'm not a huge dreamer.
The characters are trapped within the lifestyle. It's about what goes on before the movie starts.
Identity issues are hardwired into the way I think about character - it's almost as if I can't get away from them even if I want to.
Our Founding Fathers understood that our country would survive and flourish if our Nation was committed to good character and an unyielding dedication to liberty and justice for all.
I feel like I'm the most well-adjusted character on the show, even though I'm sure the other actors would tell you the same thing about their characters.
I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it.
In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the key character, the muse, leads us.
I don't really mind playing tabloid monster. I always liked those characters in the old movies.
For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character. I love being able to see a character go through something and to learn.
When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other.
As an actor, you're supposed to be able to form yourself into different characters and different roles. It's a transformation, and it is awesome.
I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so they think their mom is Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella. It would be totally messed up!
The most direct and enduring way to reach the mind and imagination of the learner is through the mind, imagination and character of the outstanding teacher.
Conscious experience as such is an exclusively internal affair: Once all functional properties of your brain are fixed, the character of subjective experience is determined as well.
Actually the copies of characters is something I don't particularly like to talk about in articles but just for your information, most characters there's only one.
All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
I'm not James Bond. There's your headline! It's very clear to me that he's the furthest from my character that it's possible to be. It's somebody I play.