Character Quotes
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Most of my films have been very character driven.
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Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.
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Twitter is sort of version of labeling, except with 140 characters instead of a labelmaker. It's the way of calling things out for what they are, wearing badges. Twitter is like the new Scarlet Letter.
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I like my characters to be ones I think about long after I've finished reading the script.
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Emotion doesn't travel in a straight line. Like water, our feelings trickle down through cracks and crevices, seeking out the little pockets of neediness and neglect, the hairline fractures in our character usually hidden from public view.
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Very often the characters people respond to best have little parts of reality they can relate to.
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I was about two years old when I first started drawing recognizable characters.
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I suppose the underlying current for me is the idea of not doing something I've done before. I call myself a character actor and I'm always trying to stay a character actor.
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Remember what Bogie and my mother both used to say: 'Character is the most important thing. All that matters is character!'
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Every actor hopes that the character that they're playing continues to be a challenge throughout their tenure of their show.
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And that doesn't cost any money, to have decent relationships and viable situations. What costs money is car chases and shoot-outs, so I always thought that the thing to work on was the characters.
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I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more.
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The more routine that systematised activities are, the more nearly they are of the monotonous character seen in the habits of social animals and the less necessary are master builders; the more novel actions are, the more necessary are master builders. Dislike of the leader and the promoter, though linked emotionally to progressivism, is linked logically to total conservatism. Conversely, an authoritarian approach, natural enough in the instigator of new activities, is unjustified in the mere overseer of routines.
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Politics is too often regarded as a poor relation, inherently dependent and subsidiary; it is rarely praised as something with a life and character of its own.
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I think I enjoy playing human beings no matter the substance of their character.
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Life is full of challenges. How you handle these challenges is what builds character. Never be afraid to be who you are.
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Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.
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Stay humble to the craft and never forget how much it actually takes to be the main character of a documentary.
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Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that.
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My favorite part about working in theater is the rehearsal process. I absolutely love the rehearsal process. Working out the characters, figuring the character out, and the relationships between the different characters. I love all of that, which, unfortunately in film, you get very little opportunity to have.
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I do not believe that a child can be reformed by lock and key and bars, or that fear can ever develop a child's character.
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Ultimately, you change the culture in Washington only one way, and it's one election at a time, with the character of the people you send.
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I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.
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There is a continuum that runs from character to productivity. Who you are and what you believe make a difference to those who look to you for leadership. The values you live will reach the bottom line of your company.
