Character Quotes
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The more you are a victim of contradictory impulses, the less you know which to yield to. To lack character - precisely that and nothing more.
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As much as I can act, I don't have anything in me that yearns to be an actor - that sense of needing to be onstage, in costume, in character; that is utterly not interesting to me.
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There are groups of haters who always try to malign my image. They question my character and make all kinds of false announcements. It hurts because they assume things and without any proof in hand.
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I'm a huge Emile Zola fan, and when Bill Gallagher said he was writing a new character for 'The Paradise' and had me in mind for the role, I knew I wanted to play Tom Weston before I'd even read a word of the script.
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I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor.
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Working with animals forces an actor to work harder because you have to be quick when it comes to improvisation, and you can't break character - at all.
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Persistence is the great measure of individual human character.
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Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.
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It depends on the story and the filmmaker. And it depends on the character, and the heart and soul of the person that I see on the page, and if it resonates with something that I think I can summon in myself.
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I suppose I look for humor in most situations because it humanizes things; it makes a character much more three-dimensional if there's some kind of humor. Not necessarily laugh-out-loud type of stuff, just a sense that there is a humorous edge to things. I do like that.
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Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.
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When you're playing the same character for a decade it's natural that there are moments when you want to try something new.
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I think 'Sightseers' was a bit of an epiphany, a massive learning curve, and it gave me loads of confidence to go out there, and also to create a female character which is completely unexpected and defies convention.
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A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.
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As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're the character.
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I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.
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The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts.
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When I can't immediately define the character, and there's an element of mystery to it and still a lot to be explored, that's when I say yes.
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When you cast someone like Natalie Portman, the character can't just be the love interest.
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I think it's a wonderful thing to have African-American characters. Look at life. It's not a white world or a black world; there are all kind of people in it. It's showing growth, and in today's world there are so many outlets.
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No one goes through life thinking that theyre the best friend of the lead character.
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In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.
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Accidents will occur in the best regulated families; and in families not regulated by that pervading influence which sanctifies while it enhances the-a-I would say, in short, by the influence of Woman, in the lofty character of Wife, they may be expected with confidence, and must be borne with philosophy.
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Character is fate. (Destiny).
