Quotes about character
character simple law
It's possible to overlook character flaws of in-laws for the simple reason that you feel neither responsible for them nor genetically implicated. Richard Russo
character agony laughing
A writer has to stand outside the page. It's not for the writer to shed tears onto the pages for these characters. It's not for him to suffer or to laugh or to experience ecstasy or agony in the manner of the characters on the pages. Richard Flanagan
character people want
I'm not one of those people who as a writer lets my characters tell me what they want to do or call to me or seek me. I go seeking for things, using them as an agent, really. Richard Ford
character reality people
People are expecting me to be a certain way all the time. It's not like if I come in here with a totally different personality and right before the camera starts they see this new character. It confuses everything. Life has a consensus reality to it and if you use that to your advantage it makes it much easier. Richard Gere
character journey voyages
There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character.
character personality available
I've always maintained that all characters and all personalities are in all of us. The whole thing is available. You're not this or that, no one is.
character reality play
I've always said it's flattering to be desired, just as it's flattering that people accept the reality of the character you play. But it was always ridiculous to assume that because I could play a gigolo on screen I'd play anything like that role off screen.
character hands people
I can see the character in a photograph, in the way a guy stands or holds his hands, the way he buckles his belt. I fantasize a lot looking at photographs. I'm sure that doesn't work for many people.
character acting pages
I suppose the reason why I like acting is because I'm curious about human nature, and the less I know about a character on the page, instinctively, in a way, the better. Rebecca Hall
character looks contradiction
I always look for contradiction in a character.
character america would-be
My American accent is really, really good. I started out in the theater, doing all different characters with all different accents. When I first came to America, I thought I would be playing American, all the time. It was just weird how it worked out that I played more international characters. Rebel Wilson
character acting different
I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet! Robert Duvall
character two challenges
But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between those two worlds.
character trying actors
I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.
character
As an actor, you use the things from yourself that you can apply to the character. Robert De Niro
character editing giving
You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole scene, to the character, whatever. If you have that with a director who then knows how to shape it, either in the direction, in the moment, or in the editing, then that's good.
character needs mama
I spent lunchtime in a grave during the filming of 'Bloody Mama.' When you're younger, you feel that's what you need to do to help you stay in character. When you get older, you become more confident and less intense about it - and you can achieve the same effect.
character simple thinking
I always go back to how people behave. If you watch how people actually behave in a situation, it's very simple and honest and contained. You don't need to use as much expression, as much feeling. Some characters will boil over, and that's another thing, but a lot of times I think you can just do very, very little.
character color green
Because I'm a synesthete I see characters in colors and I perceive a W as green. Robert Cailliau
character men land
The noblest contribution which any man can make for the benefit of posterity, is that of character. The richest bequest which any man can leave to the youth of his native land, is that of a shining, spotless example. Robert Charles Winthrop
character interesting
The darker the character, the more interesting. Robert Carlyle
character detectives type
I'd love to do a Columbo-type detective character in a series.
character trying looks
Each performance and each film is what it is. It's right and belongs within that moment. You look at it and try to make it fit your particular part of your character and your particular film.
character play childhood
A lot of the characters I play have problems, they are marginalised, they have serious psychological problems, problems with relationships, with childhood. These are big subjects, big subjects. You can't balk at work like that. As an actor, that's as good as it gets.
character discovery self
For me, it's a voyage of self-discovery. I'm able to go on a set and to explore situations, personalities, people and characters that are close to me, or maybe not. Through going there and experiencing these different people and their situations, it helps me to get oriented and develop as a human being. So, acting is fundamental to who I am.
character scripts scottish
I often have scripts sent to me with allegedly Scottish characters where I end up telling them, 'You're going to have to rethink this whole thing!
character people want
When you have an audience, and you have people who want to see your character and want to see you, it's really amazing. RJ Mitte
character acting neat
I really like acting because you can create a character. You can make someone who has never existed before. That's neat. River Phoenix
character play type
I'd like to play every type of character, but only once. I like to expierence things.
character mean generosity
There is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity, maybe it's a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews. I mean there is always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn't just pick on them for no reason. Roald Dahl
character order circles
The Ludolphian number is fixed in eternity— not a digit out of place, all characters in their proper order, an endless sentence written to the end of the world by the division of the circle’s diameter into its circumference. Richard Preston
character writing jam
I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to get into, and I'll write myself out of their jam. Richard Price
character looks sides
A paradox is a seeming contradiction, always demanding a change on the side of the observer. If we look at almost all things honestly we see everything has a character of paradox to it. Everything, including ourselves. Richard Rohr