Harry Connick, Jr. Quotes

As a character, you're working within the realm of what's on the script page.

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• Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.

  

  Gail Sheehy
  • Character
  • Will
  • Tomorrow

• The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

  

  Eddie Rickenbacker
  • Character
  • Imagination

• The Russo brothers are the best people ever, and they cast me in 'Happy Endings.' I did text Joe Russo to say, 'I don't think my character dies, so if you need a local news cameraman to show up in 'Captain America 2'... I know it doesn't make sense, but just hear me out on this!' He was really cool about it and turned me down right away.

  

  Adam Pally
  • People
  • Up
  • Character

• When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Character
  • Friends
  • Personality

• And while I might not always agree with the viewpoint I have to portray, because I play a district attorney, as an actress I can always tell myself that my character is trying to take the moral high ground.

  

  Lara Flynn Boyle
  • Trying
  • Character
  • High

• I've always considered myself a character actor.

  

  Jack Huston
  • Character
  • Myself
  • Always

• I've always loved pinup art, and I've always enjoyed drawing women. I think it was a conscious decision that has resulted in me getting almost exclusive work on comics where the main character is female.

  

  Adam Hughes
  • Work
  • Women
  • Art

• The nice thing is that, at least in Los Angeles, I'm known as a character actor and I do auditions for other things besides just cartoon shows.

  

  Dan Castellaneta
  • Character
  • Nice
  • Los Angeles

• I love disappearing. That's what acting is. For me it's about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It's my face, but I'm using it as a tool for that spirit, that character.

  

  Sally Hawkins
  • Character
  • Spirit
  • Acting

• Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.

  

  O. J. Simpson
  • Money
  • Character
  • Wings

• When you do films that have multiple sequels, you develop a character for a film.

  

  Warwick Davis
  • Character
  • You
  • Film

• Nature magically suits the man to his fortunes, by making these the fruit of his character.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Character
  • Nature

• She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

  

  Louisa May Alcott
  • She
  • Character
  • Powerful

• Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he, who is cruel to living creatures, cannot be a good man. Moreover, this compassion manifestly flows from the same source whence arise the virtues of justice and loving-kindness towards men.

  

  Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Good
  • Men
  • May

• I've never really been a careerist; I've never been able to step back and look at anything in that way. I though this is just what happens. I did take my work very seriously. I loved immersing myself in a character. I loved getting the opportunity to do that. I didn't realize how extraordinary it was, how lucky I was, because I was young.

  

  Jennifer Jason Leigh
  • Work
  • Character
  • Opportunity

• 'The Walking Dead' never wants you to get too comfortable with characters and cast members. I think about the time you feel fairly secure with your appreciation of a character is about the time the show will gut-punch you.

  

  Lew Temple
  • Time
  • Character
  • Walking

• In the world of 'Power,' no good deed goes unpunished. I don't really look at it as karma in the world of 'Power.' Whenever any character thinks they're on safe ground, they get the world pulled up from under them.

  

  Lela Loren
  • Up
  • World
  • Good

• There was a point where I was making four movies a year. I was always on a set. I had no stories to tell. I was feeling empty. My life was just luggage and hotels and from set to set, from character to character. And one day, I said, 'And where is mine?' You know? And the moment I started to feel that fear, I stopped and I slowed down.

  

  Penelope Cruz
  • Life
  • Character
  • Feeling

• I write in character a lot.

  

  Mark Foster Foster the People
  • Character

• I'm the fastest thing on two feet.

  

  Muhammad Ali
  • Thing
  • Two Feet

• Chinese people themselves, they really want change.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • People
  • Want
  • Change

• To be honest, I thought it was similar to animal husbandry." Sally's tone turned dry. "Sometimes, my lady I'm afraid it isn't that different." Pippa paused, considering the ords. "Is that so?" "Men are uncomplicated, generally," Sally said, all too sage. "They're beasts when they want to be." "Brute ones!" "Ah, so you understand." Pippa tilted her head to one side. "I've read about them." Sally nodded. "Erotic texts?" "The book of Common Prayer.

  

  Sarah MacLean
  • Men
  • Different
  • Book

• As a character, you're working within the realm of what's on the script page.

  

  Harry Connick, Jr.
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