Character Quotes
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The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing...is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man of sense and character detests and despises it.
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If I'm lucky enough to have the chance to play a character, I'm going to give it my all. Play my position and give it 100%.
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I take bits and pieces from everything. But I think the Method can be very isolating, and sometimes it's more about ego than playing the character truthfully.
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The long-continued and useful public service and eminent purity of character of the deceased ex-President will be remembered.
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Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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When a director narrates a character, I find it normal to ask questions about the character's background, mood swings, eccentricities, behaviour... I do this to make my performance relatable. Directors who don't know their characters well find it difficult to answer these questions and, hence, find me annoying.
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There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly become not only harder than any man, but even harder than anything and everything in the world.
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For me, it's infinitely more interesting to read or watch a character making decisions they think are right, but the audience knows differently, and seeing that disconnect. The only way characters can grow and learn is by making the wrong decisions and then learning from them.
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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
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I think every character I play definitely has parts of me. I can't ever play someone that's completely different to me.
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I don't judge my characters, and that's my job not to judge them. It's my job to treat them with respect and to just look at it from their point of view.
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The characters are not allowed to change if you write a sitcom; they're not allowed to learn anything. There's all these sorts of rules, and you go, 'I just want to be able to write one character and then leave that behind.' Also, as a performer, and I may regret saying this, but it would be my own personal hell to be trapped in the sitcom.
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I want to keep doing different things. I'd like to do a more personal, dramatic movie next, I think. But as long as it's about characters and good writing and good parts for actors, that's what's important
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There wasn't a single good character in 'Titanic' who was English and this is typical.
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I've auditioned for animation stuff for a long time; that's a tough field to crack into. I don't think I have the strongest voice. I don't have a theater-trained voice or a radio voice, but I think I make good character choices.
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Faith in God... produces character; character will produce courage, courage to face the challenges of the day.
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Uniforms ruin every character
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I'm a huge fan of 'Kung Fu Panda.' I honestly think that Jack Black's voice work in 'Kung Fu Panda' is the best voice work that's ever been done. He's so funny, and it's such an endearing character. It really is great.
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It was important to have a similar energy in my performance. To make the character too different would have just been about my ego because it didn't need to be drastically different.
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Influence follows close upon the heels of character; and whatever we are, that we shall in the end be acknowledged to be.
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But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.
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Mickey Rourke's character in 'The Wrestler' - that was my dad, that was my uncles, that was so many members of my family. It was the only thing they knew. And then they would end up wrestling for a hundred bucks, go to autograph signings for two hundred bucks.
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Life experience is what defines our character, even if it means getting your heart broken or being lied to. You know, you need the downs to appreciate the ups. Going on the adventure or taking that risk is important.
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While it is challenging working with a kid, because they're so of the moment all the time. My acting style is to try to take something from my life that the character can relate to and that I can relate the character to.
