Alexandra Daddario Quotes
I'm a big believer in sort of sense memory, like using something that you've experienced in order to put yourself in the position that the character is in.
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I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'
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What we've seen of Rey, she looks like she can handle her stuff. So most of the comments I get are from parents who say how wonderful it is that their little girls can see this character.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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I'm a rational person, and I'm not a method actor. You don't need to call me by my character's name while I'm not shooting.
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I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character.
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I've never judged anybody by how they look or how they dress. I basically judge them on their character. And that's how I lead my own life.
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You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.
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I read the script for 'Guncrazy' in 1985 and loved it because it was one of the few scripts I'd come across that revolved around a strong female character.
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One would think that it would be very easy, with an iconic character like James Bond, to keep making the films, but it hasn't been. But, it sure has been entertaining and rewarding.
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I'm proud that Della was sort of a prototype for TV secretaries. There really was no such established character on TV when 'Perry Mason' came along.
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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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Since I was from the theater, that's how I learned how to go through the process of being a character. That's how I learned, and that's what I was comfortable doing. And then, the first feature films, I'm sure I was no fun because I did not want to be spontaneous in that filmic way that really can work for you.
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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 believe that pop culture is just, like, so ready for 'Watchmen.' We tried so hard to ride that wave between satire and reality, and all the things that make you still care about the character, but you don't miss the commentary about them.
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At the Norman Invasion, the Saxon thanes were themselves humbled in turn; the manors were given a more legal character and transferred to favourites of William the Conqueror.
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The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is worth living, but that suicide is not worth the trouble.
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I like flawed characters very much. A lot of times I get asked to do parts that are kind of small but key - three-scene roles that are three kick-ass scenes. Growing up, watching as many movies as I did, I was always into character actors like that.
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The fact that I have the chance to learn from the names I've been on tour with, I don't think you can ask for any more than that.
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The Italian Renaissance extends beyond food, of course. Just about every major Italian furniture designer now has a shop in Paris, and Le Bon Marche recently opened an outlet for Santa Maria Novella perfumes, elixirs and soaps from Florence on its ground floor.
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I'm a big believer in sort of sense memory, like using something that you've experienced in order to put yourself in the position that the character is in.
