Quotes about character
character people engagement
Just as a diamond can only be polished by another diamond, it is only through genuine, all-out engagement with others that people can polish their character, and help each other to reach greater heights. Daisaku Ikeda
character our-world empowering
What our world most requires now is the kind of education that foster love for humankind, that develops character-that provides an intellectual basis for realization of peace and empowers learners to contribute to and improve society.
character reflection views
One cannot, without reflection, make some into bearers of goodness and others into miscreants, judging them by relative positive or negative criteria. These, like everything else, change according to historical circumstances, the character of a society, the time and subjective points of view.
character may matter
Never be shaken, no matter what happens or what others may say. Never be flustered; never lose confidence. This is the way we should strive to live our lives. Being able to do so is a sign of genuine character.
characters confront correct families family issues liked sure
Family, many, many years ago, was a simple, correct family, and now I think if you're going to do a family show, you'd better make sure your characters are liked by the families watching, that's it. And now it's more about issues that confront families and their kids, and those are very important issues. Aaron Spelling
characters dynamics humanity serenity
But now I feel like Firefly and Serenity are their own genre. It's not science-fiction so much as it's about humanity and characters and dynamics between people. Sean Maher
characters quite
There are some characters in 'The Names' who are very much heroes and others who can only be called villains. But generally, as we get to know them, we see most of the characters are, or at least become, quite nuanced. Peter Milligan
characters clear people playing
Before there was any talk of a movie, people would sometimes ask me what actors I would imagine playing these characters. And the only thing I could ever say is: I have such a clear idea of these characters that they'd have to play themselves. Michael Cunningham
character good type
The good part about this is you get to see what type of character you have as a team. Allen Iverson
character consider honorable men position virginia vital window worthy
The Governorship of Virginia is a venerated and vital position -- one worthy only of honorable men and women, ... All Virginians should consider this window on the candidate's character when they vote. George Allen
character acting action
I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character. Aaliyah
characters ears environment foreground goes home narrative people tv watch watching
Most people just half-watch TV. They watch TV while they are doing many other things in the environment of their home. So, what they are doing goes through their ears as much as through their eyes. In television, the narrative and characters are in the foreground of everything, because you are watching TV as you do other stuff. Alfonso Cuaron
characters discovered lead learning
What I discovered is I don't like to repeat lead characters because one of the most pleasurable things in a book to me is learning about the lead. Alan Furst
character discussion heart team
We had a discussion about team character and heart at halftime.
characters fan journey journeys love material rich talk three time work
Every time I talk about 'The Shield' I kind of talk about it from three perspectives, as if I'm three people, because I'm a fan of the show. I'm in love with all the other characters and their journeys and their work. But then, as an actor, I love getting this kind of rich material and having to do it. As my character, did my journey finish? Benito Martinez
characters closely distance emerges found good identify learning less novel protect techniques ways
I've found in the past that the more closely I identify with the heroine, the less completely she emerges as a person. So from the first novel I've been learning techniques to distance myself from the characters so that they are not me and I don't try to protect them in ways that aren't good for the story.
character frequently goes knew people
Frequently over the years, people have thought that they know me. Every character actor has this story, I'm sure. It goes like this: 'Um, do you play soccer?' 'Did you go to such and such church?' 'I knew you when you were with so and so... ' Then I go, 'Well, sorry...' and then they say, 'Wait a minute. Are you an actor?' Beth Grant
character family played
Every character I've played is like family to me.
characters format people picked somebody structure
Your structure and format may not be perfect, and you may not have picked the perfect franchise, but if I pick up a script, and the characters are real, whole, complicated and come from a place of somebody who really is feeling it, that's what people remember.
characters complex order people women
Sometimes people are like, 'Do you want to play strong women?' I don't have to play strong women in order to feel like a strong woman myself, but I do feel it's important to play characters that are complex and interesting and believable. Bryce Dallas Howard
characters creatures face flawed happier loving main people
My main characters are the most sunny, happy, optimistic, loving creatures on the face of the Earth. I couldn't be happier that's where I start. I can put as many flawed people in the dog's world as I like, but the dog doesn't care. Dog doesn't judge. Dog doesn't dislike. Dog loves. That's not so bad. Bruce Cameron
characters films indicative
The physical journey in my films is indicative of the internal journey that my characters take. Imtiaz Ali
characters contrast dramatic emotion empathize gets imagining logic machine sequence staged tool
The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people's situations. Ira Glass
character concept criterion empirical growth produce series theories
Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one. Imre Lakatos
character acting moments
The best thing about acting is when you're playing a scene and you actually become your character and lose yourself in that moment. That's when you know you've been succeeded at what you've worked very hard to accomplish in your profession. Those are the truly thrilling moments. Meryl Streep
character voice people
How do I do that preparation [for film]? Just an immersion. I have a musician's, I guess, ear for the sound of the voice but it's also important to me, in the case of [playing] someone who is controversial, to get the outlines of the character right because how they present themselves to the world has a great deal to do with how people feel about them.
character play giving
I never give any character I play less respect than I give my own life.
character trying screens
If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try.
character long female
I would like Martin Scorsese to be interested in a female character once in a while, but I don’t know if I’ll live that long.
character winning men
You know, you're not aware of it, but you're following the action of the film through the body of the protagonist, you know? You feel what he feels when he jumps, when he leaps, when he wins, when he loses. And I think I just took it for granted that, you know, we can all do that, but it became obvious to me that men don't live through the female characters.
character clothes interesting
For me, clothes are kind of a character. They're more interesting in those terms.
character insecurity way
In other characters, it's driven by insecurity, or it's driven by fear, or - there's always a driver. And all the physical manifestations, you need your way in.
character clothes creating
On every film, the clothes are half the battle in creating the character. I have a great deal of opinion about how my people are presented. We show a great deal by what we put on our bodies.