Quotes about character
character goal actors
My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor. Harrison Ford
character school affliction
Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed. Hannah More
character opposites numbers
it is the modern nature of goodness to exert itself quietly, while a few characters of the opposite cast seem, by the rumor of their exploits, to fill the world; and by their noise to multiply their numbers.
character cycling sometimes
In politics, one can learn some things from cycling, such as how to have character and courage. Sometimes in politics there isn't enough of those things. Guy Verhofstadt
character thinking voice
I think everything you do, characters I always find, have their own voices and once you establish who that character is you find a different voice. I think it's just a question of establishing that character and the voice speaks through that character. Guy Ritchie
character challenges arcs
It's a challenge to work a character's arc into a format in which you only have a very limited amount of time to grow and develop a character. Ginnifer Goodwin
character differences novel
We are all potentially characters in a novel--with the difference that characters in a novel really get to live their lives to the full. Georges Simenon
character sky expression
A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human. Georges Rouault
character journey actors
My journey has been that of a character actor. Harry Carey, Jr.
character pages scripts
As a character, you're working within the realm of what's on the [script] page. Harry Connick, Jr.
characteristics show-me shows
In no system which shows mental characteristics can any part have unilateral control over the whole. In other words, the mental characteristics of the system are imminent, not in some part, but in the system as a whole. Gregory Bateson
characters understand
Hip-hop, which is my generation's blues, is important to the characters that I write about. They use hip-hop to understand the world through language. Jesmyn Ward
characters classic dirty fairly letting mad reluctant reminds version
He's that reluctant hero, and he's a fairly classic version of it. He reminds me of characters I always liked, Mad Max, Dirty Harry, Han Solo, where there's more going on than what they're letting on. Hugh Jackman
character great learn
He's such an inspiration to all of us. Very positive, great character to be around and learn from him. Retief Goosen
character good groucho loves study
He's such a good actor and he loves the Groucho character so much he made a study of him. Arthur Marx
characters gay message standard true
The message is that this (infidelity) is different because the characters are gay and just being true to themselves. If that's the standard of one's behavior, then anything is excusable. Michael Medved
characters sexual shaped stories television
Their sexual knowledge, attitudes, behaviors are all shaped in part by the characters in stories that television conveys.
character thinking people
I think in many ways, I'm sort of a blank canvas, because in many ways, I'm just observing the world and the people around me and their characters and letting them kind of explode off me and to find out why they're doing what they're doing. But then every once in awhile, I get to take on a whole new character. Danny Pudi
character pieces littles
What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, whereas in film or TV, you have to create that arc in little pieces, and usually out of sequence. Daniel Dae Kim
character dark men
No man of common sense will value a woman the less, for not giving herself up at the first attack, or for not accepting his proposal without enquiring into his person or character; on the contrary, he must think her the weakest of all creatures in the world, as the rate of men now goes; in short, he must have a very contemptible opinion of her capacities, nay, even of her understanding, that having but one cast for her life, shall cast that life away at once, and make matrimony like death, be a leap in the dark. Daniel Defoe
character decision made
There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing. Daniel Day-Lewis
character reflection voice
A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.
character play identity
I knew I wanted to play around with genre-esque imagery, and the identity theft stuff came in the middle, when I was figuring out how the characters were connected to those images. Dan Chaon
character writing plot
I start with an image, then I go from the image toward exploring the situation. Then I write a scene, and from the scene I find the character, from the character I find the larger plot. It's like deductive reasoning - I start with the smaller stuff and work backward.
character dark compassion
I have long admired Caroline Leavitt's probing insight into people, her wit and compassion, her ability to find humor in dark situations, and conversely, her tenderness towards characters.
character thinking issues
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.
character people style
Critics have found in the narrative a veneer of erudition that cloaks nothing more than a James Bond-style romp, albeit a highly addictive one. His publisher has described it as 'a thriller for people who don't like thrillers'. One newspaper put it thus: 'It is terribly written, its characters are cardboard cutouts, the dialogue is excruciating in places and, a bit like a computer manual, everything is overstated and repeated - but it is impossible to put the bloody thing down. Dan Brown
character historical ignorant
If there be a mind that, not perceiving in the narratives we have compared the fingermarks of tradition, and hence the legendary character of these evangelical anecdotes, still leans to the historical interpretation, whether natural or supernatural; that mind must be alike ignorant of the true character both of legend and of history, of the natural and the supernatural. David Friedrich Strauss
character doors decision
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. David Frum
character thinking circles
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. David Foster Wallace
characters clear people playing
Before there was any talk of a movie, people would sometimes ask me what actors I would imagine playing these characters. And the only thing I could ever say is: I have such a clear idea of these characters that they'd have to play themselves. Michael Cunningham
character wrinkles giving
I'm proud of my wrinkles. They give my face character. As an actress, you mess with that at your peril. Jane Seymour
character simple plot-lines
The main plot line is simple: Getting your character to the foot of the tree, getting him up the tree, and then figuring out how to get him down again. Jane Yolen