Character Quotes

I think by that time I knew where Chewie was going, and he left me to do what was called for, because the character had been well established. You know, it was like putting on a second skin by that time.

I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different.

Because I was able to submerge myself into the character, I didn't have to go back and forth. You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.

When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing.

The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your character's supposed to have.

The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the point where they assumed an optional character.

006 was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters.

My character Esteban is a guy who really didn't think he was gonna be there at this point in his life. He's in his early 30s. He's got a son. He's raising his son as a single father.

As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character.

Acting is not that far from mental disease: An actor works on splitting his character into others. It is like a kind of schizophrenia.

There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention. It is not my intention to just be a rich and famous person, that would be pretty boring.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.

You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.

I would assume most people hate my character. But I'm hoping that I'm the character you love to hate.

I've always been a fan of the 19th century novel, of the novel that is plotted, character-driven, and where the passage of time is almost as central to the novel as a major minor character, the passage of time and its effect on the characters in the story.

The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.

I brought my personality and sense of wonder and I think they wrote as much of my personality as they could. I do not go around kicking butt and saving the universe all the time but they tried to capture me as best as they could in the character.

The Goth character was a difficult thing to get my head round. I'm not really a fan of Goth music. I'm more a piano and guitar man - that's what I love.

She's a very charismatic character, and she holds the whole play together.

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life.

I wanted to show how a man of sensitive and noble character, born for religion, comes to throw off the orthodoxies of his day and moment, and to go out into the wilderness where all is experiment, and spiritual life begins again.

Karen is like RuPaul - she's a character. It never occurred to me until now, but she is!

Ron was always my favorite character, because I feel like I relate to him, like we've both got red hair, we both like sweets, we've both got lots of brothers and sisters.

I'd rather go back to waitressing than play a character that I hate.

I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And he's made of sugar.

Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

I thought Godzilla was a mess, the monster had no character and the humans didn't either. They forgot to make the movie that went along with all these wonderful effects.

You know like it has its own personality, its own character.