Character Quotes
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I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you.
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Opposed to atomism and behaviorism, the systems view of man links him again with the world he lives in, for he is seen as emerging in that world and reflecting its general character.
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I really wanted our male characters to be a lot stronger. We gave them careers, lives.
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When you've played Buffy - who's such a strong female role model - it's really hard for another female character to compare to her.
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You can change your character and, at the same time, change your fortune.
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I think ultimately that's why the audience will tune in longterm, for the characters and the relationships.
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I needed to stay in the character.
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I would have, then, our ordinary dwelling-houses built to last, and built to be lovely; as rich and full of pleasantness as may be within and without: . . . with such differences as might suit and express each man's character and occupation, and partly his history.
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I do think that animated films have the ability to touch you someplace. There is something about live action movies that is different because we know the characters are real people, so they always stay flawed for us somehow. But animated films touch us in a very clear, uncomplicated place. They have that ability. And an animated character can make an expression in a way humans can't do.
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Trust is a function of both character and competence. Of course you can't trust someone who lacks integrity, but if someone is honest but they can't perform, you're not going to trust them either. You won't trust them to get the job done.
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Perhaps the greatest definition I think of character and quality is people who when they're truly great rather than making you feel that tall they make you feel that tall, that they're greatness as it were improves you.
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Generally I wouldn't accept work on projects where I didn't agree with the sensibilities behind the main character.
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Now I like to think that I'm in my character's head so much that I don't have to substitute. I'm in the moment; I'm living in the moment. And if it's genuine, it's real, and if it comes out it comes out.
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Alejandro Amenabar is a different kind of director than I lot of the directors I've asked for. He really asks you to enter his dream as opposed to, you know, a guy like Sidney Lumet or something is going to ask you to create a character almost like a documentary. He wants you to make the people really real and he's going to capture it like a documentarian.
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The struggle for your own character is the struggle for the nation's character.
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There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy.
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Because it's me playing the character, trying to find a way to make it believable and entertaining and interesting.
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Our busy lives force us to focus on things we do from day to day. But the development of character comes only as we focus on who we really are.
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With thought, patience, and discrimination, book passion becomes the signature of a person's character.
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I get pretty attached to the majority of the characters I play. I can't help myself.
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You've gotta separate yourself from the character. It's hard... so it can make its way into your everyday life.
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I liked rock music, I kind of moved into that sphere, somehow thinking that somewhere along the line I'd be able to put the two together. And I suppose I very nearly did with the Ziggy character.
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To follow Jesus implies that we enter into a way of life that is given character and shape and direction by the one who calls us. To follow Jesus means picking up rhythms and ways of doing things that are often unsaid but always derivative from Jesus, formed by the influence of Jesus. To follow Jesus means that we can't separate what Jesus is saying from what Jesus is doing and the way that he is doing it. To follow Jesus is as much, or maybe even more, about feet as it is about ears and eyes.
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I feel like you have to pull from some personal experiences [to acting]. At least that's how I work sometimes. It's just easier that way. And I try it as best as I can and kind of dissolve myself and become a character, not me, or just blur the lines.
