Character Quotes
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Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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I love character actors. If I'm switching channels, and something with Slim Pickens is on, or Walter Brennan, I'm stuck. I have to watch it.
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I do think that character types trend. As a female comedian, the parts that come my way are often terrible women.
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Honestly, I get character ideas from the most inane places. Sometimes a song will give me an idea. Sometimes I will just hear a snippet of conversation that ends up having nothing to do with the book that emerges.
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There comes a point in any project where you have to say - whether you like or understand the character, or the whole play for that matter - 'I believe!'
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I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take on them.
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When I'm playing a character like Jonathan in Ripley's Game I want to be in the moment when he's feeling pain; this very ordinary person who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances.
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(On H.P.B) Helena Petrovna Blavatsky And we, who lived around her, who in closest intimacy watched her day after day, we bear witness to the unselfish beauty of her life, the nobility of her character, and we lay at her feet our most reverent gratitude for knowledge gained, lives purified, strength developed.
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I think I always resented the fact that people thought I was trying to entertain them with my multifaceted, chameleonlike character changes. Although I liked doing that, I wasn't out to fool people and say 'Guess which one is me.'
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Acting is not that far from mental disease: An actor works on splitting his character into others. It is like a kind of schizophrenia.
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I was always prepared for my Fringe journey to end immediately. I had only signed up for a guest role but they kept bringing me back in the third season as a recurring character. So pretty much every time I went to film a 'Fringe' episode I kind of said goodbye to the show, but then they kept bringing me back.
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When you love a problem, its contours, obstacles and resistances are all just part of its character.
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The Hulk was a unique character because of his strength and power. He doesn't have a costume like Spiderman or like Superman - The Hulk is more visual. His passion and his strength, that is what separates him from anything else.
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Songs are often character studies.
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It's nice to play a character that has a soulful, dependent, close relationship. It must mean my character is interesting in some way.
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Trifles discover a character, more than actions of importance.
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I'd love to be remembered as a character actor who brought illumination to roles in wonderful plays and who delivered performances that made people think and rethink those roles.
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I hated how Sam Rothstein got manipulated by Sharon Stone's character in 'Casino.' I mean, I just hate how he gets manipulated; that just gets ridiculous to me. I know it's historic, but I hated that.
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To be a character who feels a deep emotion, one must go into the memory's vault and mix in a sad memory from one's own life.
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He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared to overcome his character to achieve it.
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I feel defensive about my character because I really love Andrea, and we share the same heart.
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I never wanted to play a character that hated herself. I wanted people to know that those aren't the only roles for people like me, normal girls.
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It was amazing that during rehearsals, without any of the costume on, the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time, I didn't know I was doing it.
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Anytime you have an opportunity as an actor to really grow along with your character, I think that's a real gift.
