Character Quotes

The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art.

I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character.

I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly.

Once you have invented a character with three dimensions and a voice, you begin to realize that some of the things you'd like him to do to further your plot are things that such a person wouldn't, or couldn't, do.

The only time in my career prior to that I played an evil character was in 'The Twilight Zone'.

People would be shocked to know... that despite the nature of my TV character, I am actually a nice guy.

The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.

It is as if Clinton had called one of the most respected character witnesses in all of U.S. history to testify that the primal urge has a most distinguished presidential pedigree.

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

At 24, my head was as shiny as a cue ball on a billiard table. I naturally thought this meant curtains. Actually, I found it helped. When I was too young to play real character parts, they mistook me for older because of the bald noggin. I got juicy roles right from the start.

As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin' to assassinate my character, that's impossible. You talkin' about a man who has always walked the walk and talked the talk.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

To have character is to be big enough to take life on.

I think my character's getting to the point where he can't even eat spaghetti with red sauce anymore, where he has horrible nightmares, he can't sleep anymore.

I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.

Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

I never studied anything about film technique in school. Eventually, I realized that cinema and theater are not so different: from the gut to the heart to the head of a character is the same journey for both.

I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.

I think what's really the most ideal thing is for the player themselves, within their own imagination, to carve out what they view as being the essence of the character.

I've been allowed to develop my own character, which I'm still working on.

In the clubs, it's all out and you can say whatever as the character. TV has standards.

Here in New England, the character is strong and unshakable.

Inside of all the makeup and the character and makeup, it's you, and I think that's what the audience is really interested in... you, how you're going to cope with the situation, the obstacles, the troubles that the writer put in front of you.

The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

I think I'm drawn to more villain-type characters, because it's so cool to get to say all the things you want to say. In Hollywood, you get to this position where you have to bite your tongue so much. You take all your experiences of not being able to say what you really want to say, and channel that through your character.

The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest.

The man that makes a character, makes foes.

My character Lena is somebody who responds to people in a very simple way. I didn't have to take myself off to a darkened room to concentrate, I just had to try and be open. It's an interesting, subtle relationship.