Lena Headey Quotes
There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is always evolving.
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For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one.
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I've heard people tell me there's never been a gay character like Agron on TV before, and some fans have even thanked me because they now feel like they have a gay action hero, and it's very endearing to hear that kind of stuff. But I just played him the way he was and tried to do right by the character.
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It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.
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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.
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I love the idea of animation just because it removes the actor from the character, and you can be anything. I've been devouring 'Adventure Time' and 'Archer.' I'd love to get my hands dirty on either of those shows.
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Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.
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In Men in Black, it was a very small character, no pun intended.
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The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
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Escapism, we are led to believe, is evidence of a deficiency in character, a certain failure of temperament, and like so many -isms, it is to be strenuously avoided. 'How do you expect to get ahead?,' people ask. But the question altogether misses the point. The escapist doesn't want to get ahead. He simply wants to get away.
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Never jeopardize who you are for a role. Now, I'm not saying you should never change for a role, because the fun of being different characters is adapting different nuances and different parts of the character, but never jeopardize your moral compass or anything like that to have a role.
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If I don't love my character, I can't do it.
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I played a character in 'Ransom' who was as evil as they come.
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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
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Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.
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I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.
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It's never been important to be a huge star or to have some breakout role. If you're the lead, you get a lot more screen time and you get a lot more chances to develop that character more thoroughly than you would if you do it in a little supporting part.
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Whether you need to like a character, I don't think that's necessary in order to portray him.
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I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist.
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For me, as an actor, there is no commercial or independent or art cinema. For me, it's a character that is given by the director. And it is a task for me that I have to fulfill it to the best of my ability regardless of the kind of film that it is.
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The contemporary crime novel is, at its best, a novel of character. That's where the suspense comes from.
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Lil' Kim is my stage name and a character I use when I'm out working my livelihood.
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When the opportunity to choreograph came up, it was nothing more in my head but an opportunity. Then it suddenly became a career very quickly.
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I'm known as a winner now.
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There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is always evolving.
