Character Quotes
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Every once in awhile I like to play dark ladies, crazy ladies, but most often I look for characters that are strong, intelligent, caring - usually earth women, because that's basically how I see myself.
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Unlike other enduring characters such as 'Sherlock Holmes' or 'Tarzan,' being the 'Doctor' allows you a certain freedom that is both very demanding and very thrilling. It allows you to make the character using elements of yourself.
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One of the things I have loved so much about the career that I have had is that pretty much every character I have played is diametrically opposite to the one before it.
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For me, pressure is self-imposed, and it's good for me. The best actors are the most prepared because it's all imaginary and you have to know the character inside out.
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When one has praised Turgenev, however, for the beauty of his character and the beautiful truth of his art, one remembers that he, too, was human and therefore less than perfect. His chief failing was, perhaps, that of all the great artists, he was the most lacking in exuberance. That is why he began to be scorned in a world which rated exuberance higher than beauty or love or pity.
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I like to watch and perform the kind of comedy that comes out of the situation - where the character is really serious and in a tough situation and doesn't realize that the situation is comic.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self- sovereignty.
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It is the color closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful, serene, gently stimulating character. Hence, experience teaches us that yellow makes a thoroughly warm and comforting impression.
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I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and really paint a picture with the song.
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With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in.
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I'd like to go back and revisit the Flash/Captain Cold relationship, because that to me has been the heart of it all along. My impression is that The Flash is a show about a boy's journey into manhood. For the Flash character, there is a variety of male models presented to him, and Captain Cold is one of them.
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I'm a character actress. It doesn't mean I can't do leading roles; I don't think of myself as a leading lady.
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It is mother's influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child's basic character. Home is the place where a child learns faith, feels love, and thereby learns from mother's loving example to choose righteousness.
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The real revelation of a player's character is not in his social life but in how he plays. In my social life I can hide my real personality.
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I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.
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'Character," says Novalis, in one of his questionable aphorisms - character is destiny'.
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There is no worse flaw in man's character than that of wanting to belong.
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All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
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Grit is the grain of character. It may generally be described as heroism materialized,--spirit and will thrust into heart, brain, and backbone, so as to form part of the physical substance of the man.
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Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.
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I always look for contradiction in a character.
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The most effective way I know to begin with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission statement or philosophy or creed. It focused on what you want to be (character) and to do (contributions and achievements) and on the values or principles upon which being and doing are based.
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No character is ultimately tested until it has suffered.
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I would have to say News Radio is the highlight of my career. I love the character so much.
