Quotes about character
character thinking people
I think the best stories always end up being about the people rather than the event, which is to say character-driven. Stephen King
character games care
Horror movies often work better when we have a stake in the game. The more we care about the characters, the more human they are to us, the more appealing they are to us and the more effective the horror tends to be.
character criticism mouths
And if you are honest about the words coming out of your characters' mouths, you'll find that you've let yourself in for a fair amount of criticism.
character next firsts
The situation comes first...the characters...come next...[then] begin to narrate...
character writing mad
Poe was the first writer to write about main characters who were bad guys or who were mad guys, and those are some of my favorite stories,
character worry want
As a rule, I don't worry about genre. I just want to tell a good story, with characters that interest me and my readers.
character screw-ups plot
With six weeks' worth of recuperation time, you'll also be able to see any glaring holes in the plot or character development. And listen--if you spot a few of these big holes, you are forbidden to feel depressed about them or to beat up on yourself. Screw-ups happen to the best of us.
character rocks choices
Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice. Stephen Ambrose
character thinking trouble
I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character. Stefan Edberg
character play people
Every character, no matter who you play, at times is pretending to be somebody else. People have a public face and a private face. Stanley Tucci
character reality blessing
The constraints of melodrama can be a great blessing, because they demand that all the characters involved - as absurd and extreme as they may initially seem - must stay utterly rooted in their own reality, or the whole project collapses.
character use directors
I'm pretty much a character-driven film director and my movies are smaller. I don't do a lot of coverage. I use lots of master shots.
character home thinking
To my way of thinking, whether it's a superhero movie or a romance or a comedy or whatever, the most important thing is you've got to care about the characters. You've got to understand the characters and you've got to be interested. If the characters are interesting, you're half-way home. Stan Lee
character kids thinking
Virtually every kid is exposed to giants and ogres and talking wolves, and so forth. And magic. And I think you never outgrow your love for those imaginative, fanciful, farfetched, fantastic characters and situations.
character men judging
We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us. Sophie Swetchine
character able way
I like to have a much greater base and know a lot more about my character before I begin to fill the person. So a lot of it really entails sit-downs with them, determining who she is, where she came from, and why she reacts a certain way, and then I was really able to expand upon a lot of that and create a lot of that story on my own. Sophia Bush
character skills soul
This we take it is the grand characteristic of our age. By our skill in Mechanism, it has come to pass, that in the management ofexternal things we excel all other ages; while in whatever respects the pure moral nature, in true dignity of soul and character, we are perhaps inferior to most civilised ages. Thomas Carlyle
character men bricks-and-mortar
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them something else.
character clubs talent
I'm a great believer in the character of the club. To me, character has a lot to do with how you compete. That creates urgency and toughness. That elevates the talent that you have. Tony La Russa
character destiny service-culture
For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny. Tony Hsieh
character writing historical
I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history. Tony Kushner
character glorious humans
Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters. Tommy Lee Jones
character careers class
Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character. Tommy Lasorda
character people acting
Acting has helped me understand people, not only because you are acting as a character, but also because you are watching other actors work. That really helps you identify in life when someone is acting, not being true. Steve Martin
character expression might
So much emotion can be brought in an animated film that's very hard to get in a live-action film. I haven't quite put my finger on why, but it might be because the characters can make facial expression that, if you made them in a movie, they'd call them corny.
character thinking laughing
You never saw Peter Sellers the actor trying to make you laugh. All he was doing was the character. What I'm saying is that I don't think you should know you're in a movie. I don't like it when actors are winking at the audience and saying, 'Right, isn't this funny? Are you with me?' Steve Carell
character laughing wife
[And on going from character to leading actor] I don't approach anything differently; I just approach it as a character. I'm always astounded at the fact that I've ever played a leading character in anything [Laughs]. And my wife concurs with that, frankly. She always thought I would be, at best, the wacky neighbor on a sitcom, so this is all just a surprise and a joy.
character thinking enjoyed
I've always enjoyed watching characters that aren't aware that they're doing anything funny. And I think that inherently makes them funnier.
character interesting effort
It's interesting when you're trying to create a character in animation. It's really a communal effort.
character office people
Well, on a personal level, I would never want to take on a character who didn't have some redeemable qualities. Even the worst of people, such as Michael Scott in The Office [Carell's character in the US version of the Ricky Gervais sitcom], have some decent human qualities that you can latch onto.
character reality light
I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise. Stephen Hopkins
character dark night
The idea for a novel is like a little tiny fire in a dark night. And, one by one, the characters come and stand around it and warm their hands.
character perception
The writer's original perception of a character or characters may be as erroneous as the reader's.