Character Quotes
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Like, why is Batman so relevant? It's because he gets reinvented constantly. There are a lot of stories you can tell with that character.
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First class in life has nothing to do with the clothes you wear, the car you drive or the house you live in. First class is and always will be about the content of your character, the quality of your ideas and the kindness in your heart.
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Poverty is the schoolmaster of character.
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51st State was one that I loved doing because the character was so out there, and in a way I was sad to leave the character behind. I'm afraid I could never be that cool in real life!
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You can see how he changed on the surface. But at the core of it all, I think Superman has remained the same - a character with incredible powers but almost superhuman humility and restraint.
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I really love the idea of stepping into another character and being able to sing maybe stuff that is not my thought and my own opinions, but be able to portray someone else and take a walk in their shoes for a while.
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Character is more important than talent.
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It is with passion that I love my job. But it is with character that I am able to keep looking forward. Not just beyond criticism or bad results, but also beyond the good moments, too. Everything has to be a balance.
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The more complicated the character, the better I am. It's the one-dimensional crap that I had to do for years that drove me crazy.
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I couldn't deal with playing a character who rides motorcycles and has a leather jacket and is a tough kid, y'know?
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I've done soap operas in New York, playing a continuing character who goes through changes and develops, but none of that has created the enduring interest that 'Twin Peaks' has.
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Each acoustic guitar has its own character and personality. On a particular day, I might pick one up and start noodling around, looking for some emotional content in the chords.
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My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book. They become so real to me, I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands.
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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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Not that I'm in the stage of my career where they're offering me parts in 'The Revenant,' but I try very hard to go through the audition process because I feel like I learn quite a lot about the character and the people I'm going to work with.
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I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting.
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To give a character life in a short space of time, it helps if you arrive on screen with a past.
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If you're a fiction writer, though, I can tell you how to let people talk through you. Listen. Just be quiet, and listen. Let the character talk. Don't censor, don't control. Listen, and write.
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If you really get into a particular character, you also want to do your own stunts.
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It was the first time I worked with Matthew McConaughey in the True Detective.They're fun guys with Woody Harrelson. They don't take life at all too seriously, but yet they take their work very seriously. And both of them are just so committed to character and the story.
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The problem is there are so many stories out there where I can pull that superhero out, put any other superhero in, and the story works the same. For me, that's broken. I have to write a story that no one else but Aquaman or Shazam can be in, and as soon as you pull that character out and out someone else in, it doesn't work.
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'Hester Street' was my most complete character study, but 'Annie Hall' and 'The Last Detail' were also great.
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I don't always understand my characters. I write to understand them better.
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To play these twisted, tormented characters is very draining. You have to sit in the pocket of that character for the duration of the shoot, which is normally an average of three months, and that can be taxing!
