Nico Santos (Nico Wellenbrink) Quotes
It still baffles my brain that I actually get to portray a character on American television that's this gay, femme-y Filipino guy.
Quotes to Explore
-
It's actually meditative to sit in a character for an extended period of time, realizing what your relationship is to who you're playing and then letting go, just being there.
-
With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
-
Before 'Raman Raghav 2.0,' I played a criminal in 'Badlapur.' Though the character was innocent, he was not correctly interpreted by some sections of the audience.
-
Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.
-
Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
-
2016 is going to be a fight. A fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of our nation.
-
I thought some of Mrs. White's material was prophetic. I felt some of her insights were extremely helpful and I regarded her as a sister in the Lord. I wasn't out to attack Ellen White's character.
-
My childhood and adolescence were filled with visiting scientists from both India and abroad, many of whom would stay with us. A life of science struck me as being both interesting and particularly international in its character.
-
No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
-
When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.
-
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
-
I have done theatre, and I enjoy the process of smaller films a lot more. When I do such films, there are certain things which I get to do which are untapped. The scenes give me the liberty to play and mould the character in accordance to the director's mindset.
-
Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go.
-
I kinda lose my mind in 'Fringe,' or at least my character does. Whenever I'm acting, I tend to accidentally become unable to switch off the character. I'm a little bit of a method actor, but without really wanting to be.
-
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.
-
One of my favorite albums in the world is Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska.' Each song has this very distinct character who has something profound to say.
-
In my day we didn't have sex education, we just picked up what we could off the television.
-
When we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code, but a character.
-
I think Bond the character is distinct: He's British, he has a certain code that he lives by, he's incorruptible... he's a classical hero, but he's also fallible. He has inner demons, inner conflicts, and he's a romantic.
-
I want to play someone really dark, like a real bad guy on screen. But I am sure I won't be able to do so because my fans will not let me do it. They are aggressive. My image is such that no one will allow me to do a negative character.
-
I like bringing my poet brain and sensibility to lyrics I write.
-
I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.
-
The life of a citizen is the property of his country.
-
It still baffles my brain that I actually get to portray a character on American television that's this gay, femme-y Filipino guy.
