Character Quotes
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One of the reasons they [the Japanese] have bad eyesight is probably these microscopic characters [furigana] which have many lines and strokes to them.& We wonder why they went mad and bombed Pearl Harbor when they knew they couldn't win. That [the Japanese language] would be a reason.
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What's the trick to writing a great female character? Make her human.
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The type of acting that I'm interested in, that I aspire to, is where I try and drag a lot of myself into whatever character it is. They can be very different types of characters, but at the heart of it, I always wanted to be a very, very believable and rooted in reality. One of the ways of doing that is to root it as much as you can in your own experiences and then tint those with different hues, different colors to give the different characters their way.
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In our animation we must show only the actions and reactions of a character, but we must picture also with the action. . . the feeling of those characters.
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For me, changing my physical appearance for a character is never a problem. If I have to look a certain way for a role, I just do it.
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I would so hate to be a first-person character! Always on your guard, always having people read your thoughts!
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The character that I was able to crawl into the most was Lilo from Lilo & Stitch. This was sort of a cartoony-looking girl, but her problems were completely real. Her funky world that she createdI mean, you know kids like that. It was very honest and genuine and I wanted to do an honest job, so I thought about the character a lot before I animated it. I really got into the character, where I almost felt that pain that she had. The loss of the parents - you need to feel all that. That was a big learning experience for me.
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When I look at a person, or a character, it is in every case the beginning of an endless journey. And I don't suppose I know where that starts. I know that I have to, like every other person, make decisions and have opinions. But I'm real careful to not judge crassly or cheaply someone else's life.
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Honestly, the only way Garden State could have been better was if I played every character. I'm awesome.
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I've been a character artiste for four decades, and in our job, we learn very early that it doesn't pay to be narcissistic.
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But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him.
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I personally think 'Power' is much more similar to 'The Sopranos' in that it deals with a character who is leading a double life and wants to become legitimate.
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The test of a man’s religious life and character is not what he does in the exceptional moments of life, but what he does in the ordinary times, when there is nothing tremendous or exciting on. The worth of a man is revealed in his attitude to ordinary things when he is not before the footlights.
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A pre-nup is an insurance policy or, in brokerage terms, a short hedge - meant to mitigate a high-risk investment. It safeguards the love-struck from their own poor judgment of character.
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It works better if your lead character is complex and interesting and not perfect.
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I'm proud of my wrinkles. They give my face character. As an actress, you mess with that at your peril.
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When you're setting up your dating profile, choose the photos according to who you are today. A variety of recent shots that are a true representation of your character.
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I like to comprehend more or less everything around me - apart from the creation of my music. It's an obsessive character trait that's getting worse. I don't switch the light on and off 15 times before I leave the room yet, but something's going wrong.
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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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I'm not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That's my character.
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Great visual effects serve story and character and in doing so, are, by their very definition, invisible.
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But Shakespeare knows what the sphinx thinks, if anybody does. His genius is penetrative as cold midwinter entering every room, and making warmth shiver in ague fits. I think Shakespeare never errs in his logical sequence in character. He surprises us, seems unnatural to us, but because we have been superficial observers; while genius will disclose those truths to which we are blind.
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Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.
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Character matters; leadership descends from character.
