Quotes about character
character stories reason
A story is built on characters and reasons. Steven Amsterdam
character track challenges
I could imagine that a character could do almost anything at any time, and that was the freedom of the whole thing. But keeping track of what was plausible for certain characters [was the challenge].
character people decision
You know, I've always just made the choices on my characters based on my connection to them, and I've made decisions that maybe other people haven't understood; why I passed on something, for instance. Summer Glau
character views water
Emotion doesn't travel in a straight line. Like water, our feelings trickle down through cracks and crevices, seeking out the little pockets of neediness and neglect, the hairline fractures in our character usually hidden from public view. Sue Grafton
character men two
He might be a man without character, but she was a woman without courage. Of the two, which was worse?
character writing cutting
When I am writing I don't set a certain number of pages. I do know that the further into a script I get the faster it goes. As soon as you start making decisions you start cutting off all of the other possibilities of things that could happen. So with every decision that you make you are removing a whole bunch of other possibilities of where that story can go or what that character can do. So when I get maybe 2/3's of the way through I can see very clearly where it is going to go. Steven Zaillian
character guy scary
Yeah, it's scary. During filming, it wasn't just jitters from being the newer guy there or the greenest guy there. It was also fear of not messing up such an important character. Steven Yeun
character people want
I'm glad that people have responded well to it, so far. I'm thankful for that. But, I'm also excited now that I have a better grasp of this character than I did before. I want to take it even further and really explore who Glenn is.
character writing house
I really enjoy the writing process because I can do it from my house. I can create these characters and take them in the different directions that I want to take them. You have a lot of freedom as a writer. Ricky Schroder
character names needs
There is no need to smear my name or to defame my character for the sake of news. Ricky Williams
character bored doe
For me, when I see movies where I kind of know who the characters are and what the situation is, I get bored. To me, it's, "How do I tell a story that will keep the audience engaged?" A great story does that: it's not exactly what you expect. Richard Shepard
character men common
You see, among men who are honored with the common appellation ogentleman, many contradictions to that character. Richard Steele
character weakness pleasure
Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character.
character thinking envy
I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him
character kind punk
There are characters in [punk] that do deliberately go as far as they can in certain kind of taboo areas. Richard Hell
character car
Now, personally, I like a car with some sort of character. Richard Hammond
character might able
I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able to pick it up again. Richard Armitage
character shopping clothes
I can't bear shopping. I can choose clothes for my characters, but not for myself. I've got no dress sense. Or I've lost it.
character rooms television
Television: The device that brings into your living room characters you would never allow in your living room. Red Skelton
character might association
There is something good about the character of Gomez. I wouldn't trade the association with him for anything or any role that I might have missed. John Astin
character play bears
Culture arises and unfolds in and as play... culture itself bears the character of play. Johan Huizinga
character play indulge-in
Sometimes, the smaller roles in movies can be the most interesting. If you only take the stance that you'll only play central characters in movies, you'll find yourself not being able to indulge in that morally grey terrain that makes support characters so rich and interesting. Joel Edgerton
character interesting quality
The recipe for any character is always very interesting, as far as what doses of certain qualities you want.
character larger-than-life boyhood
I'm hardly digging trenches for a living. I'm getting to tap into my boyhood fantasies of being a larger-than-life character.
character years challenges
I love the challenge of an entire year has gone by and how has that affected the character you're playing. Joel McHale
character stories looks
I always look for good stories and good characters, and if they're placed in a whodunit, then I'm interested. Joel Kinnaman
character thinking superhero
I think you're always afraid when you go into like a big superhero movie that it's gonna be kinda just action and you're not gonna be able to just really go to the bottom of the characters.
character looks kind
I always get sort of an image of what the character is gonna look like and then I kind of go with it.
character people different
You have a lot more leeway to be contradictory playing a character than most of the scripts have in them. That's how all actors are. We have so many different sides of ourselves and we're so different, in meeting with different people. The audiences relate more to that and find that more believable.
character interesting trying
You can make an interesting character in a small portion of a movie, for a character that doesn't have that much on the page, if you just find the contradictions. That's something that I try to bring to my performances.
character always-trying challenges
You're always trying to look for material that is as challenging as possible, so that's why I like stuff where the characters go through the most difficult times they've ever had in their life. It makes me push myself further and learn more about myself.
character thinking people
I think for a lot of people that had seen me do 'Snabba Cash,' after watching 'The Killing,' I think they got a sense that I could do different kinds of characters.
character novel
What do you do in a novel? You take recognizable characters from your own life, and you fantasize about what they're really like. Joe Klein