Quotes about character
character office pirate
They are more properly ‘The Messengers of Satan to buffet us.’ No rulers are properly God’s ministers, but such as are ‘just, ruling in the fear of God.’ When once magistrates act contrary to their office, and the end of their institution when they rob and ruin the public, instead of being guardians of its peace … they immediately cease to be the ordinance and ministers of God, and no more deserve that glorious character than common pirates and highwaymen. Jonathan Mayhew
character play age
As an actor, you get to sort of bounce back and forth in terms of the age range you play and the life experience that your characters have. Jonathan Keltz
character men true-evil
I’m not sure I could trust a man who would bypass an Oreo in favor of vanilla wafers. It’s a fundamental character flaw, possibly a sign of true evil. Jonathan Maberry
character way littles
I suppose in a way most of my characters are non-consumers, not terribly interested in all the little baubles and artifacts of contemporary life. Jonathan Lethem
character mean writing
You don’t have the slightest idea of what it means to write a scene and a character in the English language, with images and words chock full of received meaning.
character duration furniture
However appalling to consider, however tedious to enact, every novel requires furniture, whether it is to be named or unnamed, for the characters will be unable to remain in standing position for the duration of the story.
character interesting straightforward
Often times, if a character is pretty straightforward, he or she is not as interesting to portray. Jonathan Jackson
character trying world
I sort of have the belief that you work being your character out while you're working on it, or that's been my experience so far. I throw myself into it 100% and try to live in that world, and then when it's over, just sort of be able to leave it behind. Jonathan Groff
character lines connections
I do like when you find a true personal relationship with any of the characters, you like to make that honest connection. And every once in a while, there's that glimmer where you got that line in where something happens, where you get to really talk. Jonathan Banks
character fundraising presidential
Almost no one under 60 remembers what fundraising was like before Watergate. Until the 1970s, campaign money was collected by "bagmen," familiar characters from the world of organized crime. As fans of Boardwalk Empire know, a bagman is a political fixer who walked around with stacks of $100 and $1,000 bills. At lower levels, he used brown paper bags. In presidential campaigns, the cash was more likely to be in briefcases. Classier that way. Jonathan Alter
character responsibility angel
If humankind would accept and acknowledge this responsibility and become creatively engaged in the process of evolution, consciously as well as unconsciously, a new reality would emerge, and a new age could be born. Jonas Salk
character play creating
Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this ''Obama'' - this character who is there whenever the world needs something. Jon Voight
character sacrifice order
The hardest thing for me to do, and the best thing I've done and learned as an actor is to sacrifice being funny in certain circumstances in order to do something that makes sense for the story or the character, or emotionally. Jonah Hill
character succeed want
The comedy really comes from how badly you want these characters to succeed and with a comedy that's often hard.
character i-realized
I realized I never played a character that was skilled at anything, or skilled at anything that I couldn't become skilled at.
character play important
I've learned through experience of playing different characters, some of whom were jerks, that when you play a character who is pretentious or obnoxious, in any way, it's important to knock them down a peg.
character guy good-guy
I'm very, very attracted to morally ambiguous characters, not just pure bad guys or pure good guys.
character people arguing
There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people. There are people that argue on the web for hours about who their favorite character on 'Friends' is. Jon Stewart
character should-have stories
Novels usually evolve out of 'character.' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an aesthetic coherence. Joyce Carol Oates
character personality true-life
To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved. The novelist must not impose an ending upon them.
character roots childhood
We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to nourish us, we would be like plants set in shallow soil. Our souls must take root - almost literally.
character introverted observant
My nature is orderly and observant and scrupulous and deeply introverted.
character perspective tragedy
If Shakespeare's great plays are variants of stories, even novels, you can see how each character is telling his story from his perspective; each is vying with the others for dominance, but in the end, in tragedy, most of these voices will die, to be replaced by the yet more vigorous voice of a younger generation.
character giving style
To choose the ideal voice for a character is to give a character an ardent and vivid life, to allow him or her to speak, rather than speaking for them, in an older style of omniscient narration.
character play world
Most of the characters I play are heavily engulfed in some sort of fantasy world. Katee Sackhoff
character antisocial introspective
I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. Im a lot more introspective than my characters.
character opportunity play
There's a little bit of me in all of the characters I've played. I've never really had the opportunity to play something that's a complete departure from me.
character thinking play
I think every character I play has a physicality to them, so I have to stay in some sort of shape. I'll never be a size two. And I don't want to be a size two.
character
I've never played a character that would sing. Katey Sagal
character play hair
I do tend to play characters that have a lot of costume and hair change. I sort of like the change of physicality thing.
character emotional feet
Very thorough in the rehearsal process but more in terms of just understanding the characters, understanding where the actors are at with discovering those characters for themselves, and just setting an overall emotional tone for the piece as opposed to necessarily getting things up on their feet or staging scenes. Kate Winslet
character play challenges
I wanted to play incredibly challenging, multifaceted characters. Because we are all a puzzle.
character thinking hardship
I'm often drawn to characters that are more obviously one thing. They're passionate, and there is always an element of strength because I think every person possesses that in some way, even if they've experienced hardship in their lives.