Character Quotes

I would quite like to do a different accent or play something so different from myself because Olivia, the character I play in this film, is similar to me.

Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest.

If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly.

Having no diplomatic representation in Washington, China has no sources which allow her to check the character of applicants and therefore makes the practice of refusing everybody from the United States.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

I consider myself a character actor.

I am more spontaneous than my character.

I definitely have character arcs in mind for each character unless I kill them.

I didn't realize House would be the central character, more the bitter comic relief appearing occasionally. I relish his wounded nature - the lameness, the scarred Byronic hero.

I especially object to having my character assassinated by reference to events from my past which bear absolutely no relationship to the question of who the anthrax killer is.

I lost 30 pounds to play my character in 'The Mexican', but people don't take to skinny mafia men, and I don't feel right when I'm thin.

Whatever you may think of Mrs. Clinton as a character, I think she believes quite strongly in public service.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

My father's a character.

Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character.

Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do.

When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.

I like to rehearse with the actors scenes that are not in the script and will not be in the film because what we're really doing is trying to establish their character, and good acting to me is about reacting.

There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of a woman who's sort of losing it in a room.

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.

I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.

I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in, you know, just because I was a writer and I didn't know what else to do but write. And then one day as I was writing, a character came sort of strolling in and I realized, Oh my God, I don't have to be just a screenwriter. I can write novels.

I don't know how many times I can sit there and talk about my character or my life. It's interesting to talk about experiences in the context of something you're doing for somebody else, and particularly if you can persuade others to join you in your support.

In the time between when you first read a script and are offered the role and the time when you begin to shoot, I really love putting in the time and work on that and getting a solid backstory to a character and researching all that I can about what that person does for a vocation or their upbringing or where they're from.

But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya.

I want to play a character I've never been before-a crazy serial killer like Charlize Theron in Monster. I'd love to have to shave my head.

A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human.

There are interactions with characters within the game which I think are pretty neatly done considering the limitations that you have to work with. I mean, a computer can't really generate a character that talks back and forth with you successfully.