Quotes about character
character responsibility light
There's an inherent responsibility actors feel when portraying something that actually exists in the world. It's arguably something that not all actors would agree on because this is a craft, but for me, it's the emotion of what a character is going through that makes the performance what it is. We have a responsibility to bring those emotions to light. Monica Potter
character successful thinking
I think I find new idols every day - someone that says something really inspiring, is successful, has character. Miranda Lambert
character world sides
I love playing characters that are bigger than life and maybe have a darker side that they present to the world. Those are good characters. Randy Quaid
character writing thinking
I think in most cases, unless you're writing about a character who is garrulous, you say what you've got to say and then get out. Those little conjunctions, those little turnaround words help you do it. That's the way I like to write: I get rid of things rather than add them. Randy Newman
character home house
When friends enter a home, they sense its personality and character, the family's style of living - these elements make a house come alive with a sense of identity, a sense of energy, enthusiasm, and warmth , declaring: "This is how we are; this is how we live." Ralph Lauren
character sides different
Every character in each of my movies is a different side of myself. Ralph Bakshi
character cities people
I'm from the East Coast. I love the city. I love the characters. I love the kind of people we are, the kind other people look at in amazement.
character people meditation
And then certainly, whatsoever you do - your character, your behaviour - is yours, authentically yours. It has your signature on it. Then you are not a carbon copy, you are original. The Zen people call it finding the original face. Rajneesh
character giving meditation
For dignity of character, consciousness is needed, not conscience and that's the function of meditation. Meditation does not give you any character directly. It does not say what to do and what not to do. It never gives you any commandments. It simply gives you a technique for becoming more aware, for being more alert, watchful, witnessing.
character interesting should
The most interesting characters are those you're drawn to, then repelled by, and then come to understand. All that tension - I live that. But I don't plan the tension. It's just something that should happen. Rachel Weisz
character stories
I prefer smaller movies because they tend to be more about character than about story.
character expectations community
A person of “good character” was one who acted in accordance with the expectations of his community Sheena Iyengar
character interesting common-experience
If you're doing something on an interesting scale that involves an entire universe of characters, one way to unite them is to have them all undergo a common experience, and there is something at Christmas that unites everybody. It already sets a stage within the stage. Shane Black
character imagination use
If you are lucky as an actor, you are doing a character that really matches where you are in life, or you're doing a character that is not where you are. If it's somewhere in between, you have to use a lot of imagination and a lot of thought. Scott Cohen
character play soul
There are just times when your body and your soul feed into a character and you somehow meet at the point where that character truly lives in you. It happens in plays, in TV, in films.
character doors people
Being an actor opened doors for me to explore my emotions as different people and characters, and expand my own inner soul. Scott Bakula
character thinking rocks
Rock & roll mostly is a very butch thing, and it appeals to one hard side of the masculine character. But I don't think the Rolling Stones are only a rock band. They can be other things. They can be very feminine. Mick Jagger
character thinking littles
[True Detective] is an intense show, even in terms of the dialogue - there's a little rhythm to it, in particular in his monologues. I think on those days, he [Woody Harrelson] really had to stay in the zone. Because there's a certain cadence in which that character speaks and talks about life, you know? But then there are other days that he was able to be a little more loose. Michelle Monaghan
character white house
Here is the operating motto of the Obama White House: 'So let it be written, so let it be done!' Like Yul Brynner's Pharaoh Ramses character in Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments,' the demander in chief stands with arms akimbo issuing daily edicts to his constitution-subverting minions. Michelle Malkin
character hockey wish
I wish I were a character actor. Of course, if I played hockey without a mask, I could become one Michael Vartan
character play mexican
In the beginning, I was always playing some kind of gangbanger and the token Mexican dude who didn't have a lot of lines but was in the entire movie. At the same time, everyone gets typecast, and I decided that if I was going to play a stereotypical role, I was going to play it like a three-dimensional character. Michael Pena
character saws going-for-it
I saw the main character played by Mads Mikkelsen, and he's amazing. Hannibal had that going for it. Michael Pitt
character way figures
What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out. Sidney Sheldon
character thinking hands
In a novel, on the other hand, you not only have to describe the rooms, but the clothes, the characters and what they are thinking. It's a much more in-depth process
character thinking people
I think people throughout the world identify with my characters.
character creative excitement
There's this sense of excitement because you invent and control the characters. You decide whether they live or die. I find this type of creative process tremendously stimulating.
character thinking feelings
Movie characters rarely get to think out loud or talk very much about their emotions. Instead they have to, very briefly, show their feelings through their action or through dialog. Seth Grahame-Smith
character voice actors
You can actually improvise a lot as a voice actor. It's not that entirely different than shooting a live action movie; the characters mouths are quite easy to manipulate once all the information is built into the computer. So you can improvise a lot and it doesn't matter really how far along they are in the process they can really just make the character say something different. Seth Rogen
character good-place
My characters come from a good place.
character abyss
We build our character as a carapace to keep away the fear of the abyss. That's what our character is for. Sebastian Horsley
character fighting parent
Bruce sees in this character - who fought all the way through "Superheavy" when his parents were missing, and now is determined to fight even though his parents are telling him he's worth nothing - the essence of Batman. Scott Snyder
character looks mysterious
What everyone is always afraid of is the unknown, or the unfamiliar. You got to have a look for a character that is mysterious and menacing, and doesn't quite look like what we've seen before. Scott Derrickson
character catch-me
A cross between Leo [DiCaprio]'s character in Catch Me If You Can and ... I don't know, I really like any of his movies. Scott Eastwood