Character Quotes

I went through about 40 different hats until we found one that fit. It had to fit me and fit the character, more importantly, and whatever that thing was that we were trying to create with him.

My worst character flaw that I'm conscious of is that I tend to think my way into circles instead of resolving anything. It's paralyzing and boring for people around me.

Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside the room - and inside the character's heads.

Russian directors, we are shooting the same streets. The same things. Tom Jacobson has a fresh eye and found very interesting and very cool locations and angles and characters.

You get to know more of the character of a man in a round of golf than in six months of political experience.

It's good to play something that's black and white, and a guy that sees right and wrong. I've never played a character like that.

I gravitate towards sort of broken characters who try to be better people.

My character Jack in the New York Spring Spectacular is a lot of fun. He's playful, he's full of life. He can make things come to life. He can make things happen.

I think once you've allocated an actor to the role that the character will evolve slightly.

It’s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from an endless Automat of characters.

Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of acting.

God does not want you to become a God; he wants you to become godly - taking on his values, attitudes, and character.

Ian sighed wanly. "I once had the means to be gaga over art–before I found myself in a country where the standard of beauty is toaster waffles shaped like cartoon characters.

During my career I’ve enjoyed re-invigorating and contextualizing classic characters that are relatable to contemporary audiences.

I think the beauty of the writing of 'Game of Thrones' is not that the characters are fearless; it's how they overcome their fear, you know?

Character is proportionate to N, the number of consecutive failures without being discouraged, or equivalently, the number of successive rejections without being intimidated.

I'm attracted to the underrated characters.

Men of genius are not quick judges of character.

I like risky parts - abrasive characters the audience won't necessarily like.

God wants to produce the character of Christ in our lives because he knows that the more we become like him, the more fulfilled we will be.

I wanted to be as comfortable in that environment as she was. I moved around those areas in character.

When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.

I agree that a well groomed appearance or a slovenly appearance says a lot about one's character.

We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about.

Marvel does a great job of making their characters human.

The more varied the characters, the better, as far as I'm concerned.

I think all the characters in 'American Horror Story,' which is why I love it, are looking for some sense of meaning, and also it's their form of happiness.

I have a real eclectic taste for work, for movies, for characters and jobs.

Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.

There is a kind of character in thy life, That to the observer doth thy history, fully unfold.

I love to evoke the bones and meat and thoughts of characters.

As a character, it's very interesting to play someone who wants to change their life and have him change it.

I like to be in control of my body. Also, I love getting into character and exploring a different aspect of who I am.

My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort of get to be all of these different characters.

The interesting thing about my character Sylar is that my strengths as an actor seemed to go completely against the shape of a character in the shadow.

Everything shrinks. Individual character. Friendships. Language. Sensibility.

Circumstances don't create character. They reveal character.

When you exercise your freedom to express yourself at the lowest level, you ultimately condemn yourself to live at that level.

If you have the character to hang in there when its tough, you will develop or acquire every other characteristic necessary to WIN in the game of life.

A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.

End of Construction. Thank you 'for your patience. " Inscription on Ruth Bell Graham's grave -- inspired hy a road sign she saw.

We practically always excuse things when we understand them

I remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and all that stuff.

I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.

The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable.

I will not live the rest of my life in regret.

A man without enemies is a man without character.

I tend to think that good and evil exist and that the quantity in each of us is unchangeable. The moral character of people is set, fixed until death.

Maybe you have to live under cover for a while before you can find your true character.

Sometimes I make my life a living hell by writing complex stories with complex characters. But I love it.