Quotes about character
character thinking roles
I think once you've allocated an actor to the role that the character will evolve slightly. Nathalie Emmanuel
character thinking roles
What draws me to roles, I think, are moments - moments that define character, where so much more of the story is told in just a moment - a look, a line, a short scene, but something that speaks a volume, something that speaks to me. Nathan Fillion
character breathing people
When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.
character firefly light
I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
character ensemble great-friend
'Desperate Housewives' is an ensemble cast, where I played a tertiary character. I made a lot of great friends, but that show didn't keep me very busy.
character play feels
I relate to those characters - and any character I play - in as much as I put myself in their positions and feel how I would personally deal with their experiences.
character breathing people
When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.
character spy television
I'll tell you what I really enjoy. We all go to the movies, we all watch television, we know what they're about, how they work. When the main character is a cop or a spy, it's very exciting, but I also very much enjoy when the main characters are nobodies - a trucker.
character play high-school
I don't want to play high schoolers anymore. I guess I don't feel that way. I just want to play characters who are really good. Nat Wolff
character creation grows
What characters do must grow out of who they are, and who they are is, in turn, influenced by what you make happen to them. Nancy Kress
character emotional people
Changers are characters who alter in significant ways as a result of the events of your story. They learn something or grow into better or worse people, but by the end of the story they are not the same personalities they were in the beginning. Their change, in its various stages, is called the story's emotional arc.
character plot conflict
Conflict is the place where character and plot intersect.
character people three
You must learn to be three people at once: writer, character, and reader.
character writing two
Every paragraph should accomplish two goals: advance the story, and develop your characters as complex human beings.
character america islam
America has always welcomed anyone willing to assimilate to its national character. But radical Islam rejects assimilation and is bent on the conquest of our national character. Nancy Pearcey
character want consumers
Consumers no longer want only a great product - they want to buy products from companies that align with their own character and values. Muhtar Kent
character creating roles
I love saying dialogue and creating a full character more than just being physical. But I always end up doing physical stuff in my roles. Kelly Stables
character play doctors
I play a recurring role for a character named Doctor Imo. I assist the villain and show up from time to time. Keir Dullea
character comedy emphasis
I put heavy emphasis on the characters. Keenen Ivory Wayans
character judging important
The most important thing in playing any character is not judging. Keira Knightley
character people literature
Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they're constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human.
character thinking interesting
It's good to know that other people think differently, and that's what makes the characters interesting.
character past people
Because I'm a woman, because I'm a character actress, because I'm over 40, I'll be very interested to see, not just for me but for other actresses, how Hollywood treats us in the next ten, fifteen years. I'm hoping that it's not going to be so easy to shove people under the rug, as they have in the past. Kathy Bates
character police succeed
The problem I have these days is that women are often cast in a role - as a police officer, for example - and then are invariably perceived by the other characters as succeeding in a man's job, as if they're doing it in spite of being women.
character trying fit
I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented.
character play empathy
I look for a role that hopefully I feel empathy with and that I can understand and love, but also that has that challenge for me to play - a different kind of role, a different type of character, a different time period.
character apology television
I liked the way my character, Shane, was first introduced. You get introduced to her through this sexual action, and I thought that was so cool and just kind of summed up what she enjoys and who she is, to a certain extent. She's a complete sexual being and the great thing is that she doesn't apologize for it. It's just who she is. We rarely see women be able to do that on television. Katherine Moennig
character design important
Costume design is so important and really helpful, and I really love that aspect of character development, just figuring it out. Katherine Waterston
character passion fighting
If you understand your character and feel like it's a collaborative process, you're more inclined to dive into the deep end and fight for your character and feel passionate about your character, and that passion comes across on screen. Katheryn Winnick
character actresses instinct
I have a tendency as an actress in general to ground my characters. Even when doing outlandish characters, that's my instinct. Kate Burton
character personality traits
I would hesitate to say the characters [ in Bink & Gollie] are too related to either to us [me and Alison McGhee], but they certainly draw on our physical traits and personality traits and then exaggerate them to the nth degree. Kate DiCamillo
character hard-work tired
It is hard work to give life to new characters every single day. It is not as if I am God. I am just a tired, middle-aged woman trying to keep going. Karin Fossum
character writing examination
Even when I'm writing in character I'm normally still writing about things I know or things that have happened to me or using that character to start an exploration of my own consciousness. Really though, any character that you can examine is just an examination of a part of your own consciousness. Karen Walker