Character Quotes

• If there be a mind that, not perceiving in the narratives we have compared the fingermarks of tradition, and hence the legendary character of these evangelical anecdotes, still leans to the historical interpretation, whether natural or supernatural; that mind must be alike ignorant of the true character both of legend and of history, of the natural and the supernatural.

  

  David Friedrich Strauss
  • Mind
  • History
  • True

• When you work with a good actor, there is this natural rapport and chemistry that develops over time. That chemistry helps your characters come alive and makes the story of the film that much more convincing.

  

  Aamir Khan
  • Time
  • Good
  • Work

• The only reason I'm ever in character as 'Larry The Cable Guy' is because that's what I'm hired to do. In my movies, obviously they hired 'Larry The Cable Guy' to be 'Larry The Cable Guy.' When I do my shows, I'm 'Larry The Cable Guy.' When I do Jay Leno, it's: 'Please welcome 'Larry The Cable Guy.'

  

  Larry the Cable Guy
  • Guy
  • Movies
  • Welcome

• I was a Marvel kid, and I would have to say that Spiderman is my all-time favorite character. As I got older, my tastes developed a little bit more, and I would follow certain writers; like, I really got into Grant Morrison. From the time I was 5, I was into comic books. From the time I learned how to read, it was all about comic books.

  

  Corey Taylor Stone Sour
  • Time
  • Character

• I eat, sleep, and drink my character. It is my fantasy to go to another planet.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • Character
  • Sleep
  • Drink

• I've been asked far too often, 'Can you be blacker?' I've gotten done with auditions and heard, 'We're not going to go black with this character.'

  

  Frankie Faison
  • Done
  • Character
  • Black

• We just really wanted Hit-Girl to be a character who, in a sense, simply happens to be an 11-year-old girl, in the same way that Ripley in 'Alien' could have been a guy, but the part happened to be played by Sigourney Weaver.

  

  Jane Goldman
  • Guy
  • Girl
  • Alien

• I see the portrayal of any believable female character as feminist.

  

  Phoebe Waller-Bridge
  • Character
  • Feminist

• Look for players with character and ability. But remember, character comes first.

  

  Joe Gibbs
  • Remember
  • Ability
  • Players

• In the writers' room, when we talk about each episode, we first talk about the character journey of the episode.

  

  Marc Guggenheim
  • Character
  • Journey

• I haven't done many films. But with every movie, I try to showcase a different side of me through a character.

  

  Anushka Sharma
  • Different
  • Done
  • Movie

• I've not come to defeat or to put down anyone... I've come to win the hearts of the people of Rajkot. People should recognize the character of Congressmen who deprive people of Rajkot of water.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • People
  • Character
  • Water

• My books usually end where they began. I try to bring characters back to a point that is familiar but different because of the growth that they have gone through.

  

  Sara Zarr
  • Character
  • Book
  • Growth

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

  

  Zoe Saldana
  • Character
  • Playing
  • Act

• There is a technical term for someone who confuses the opinions of a character in a book with those of the author. That term is idiot.

  

  S. M. Stirling
  • Book
  • Opinion
  • Author

• I get hired to be a certain character, but I cannot change my look especially since I have been in the business this long. I can't gain 20 pounds and wonder why I am not working anymore or I'd have to transition into other types of roles. You have to take care of yourself and be vigilant.

  

  Vanessa Bell Calloway
  • Long
  • Why
  • Business

• Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone.

  

  David Brooks
  • People
  • Important
  • Alone

• All my novels are very much directly related to my inner life, even though I'm inventing characters, even though it's fiction, even though it's make-believe, it nevertheless is coming out of the deepest recesses of myself.

  

  Paul Auster
  • Believe
  • Fiction
  • Novel

• Assimilation of the fruits of each past life takes place before the spirit descends to rebirth, and consequently, the character generated is fully formed and readily expressed in the subtle, mobile mind-stuff of the Region of Concrete Thought, where the archetype of the coming dense body is built.

  

  Max Heindel
  • Life
  • Mind
  • Past

• Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to mould character. The end of culture is right living.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Life
  • Time
  • Culture

• You don't read many scripts, especially for crime dramas, that feature a strong woman as the central character.

  

  Jodie Whittaker
  • Character
  • Strong

• When I was in a meeting, I got advice that was someone telling me that in order to be successful, I needed to create the character Mac Miller that couldn't be the same person as who I really was.

  

  Mac Miller
  • Character
  • Advice

• Well, you know, what's better? To play a character who stays stuck in the same baggage year after year, or to play a character who gets beyond that and goes to a new level?

  

  Andreas Katsulas
  • Character

• There's so much material out there that's unnecessarily racist. It takes a shot at what is 'urban' or demonstrates blackness with some sassy, neck-jiving character that's not even relevant to the plot. I see it time and time again, and it doesn't move the story forward. It just kind of cryogenically freezes us in this old racial paradigm.

  

  Jesse Williams
  • Time
  • Character
  • Sassy

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