Character Quotes
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Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that is, he is incapable of moral action and also of moral character.
Charles Grandison Finney -
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.
Michael B. Jordan
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Now more than ever, as the role of memory in our culture erodes at a faster pace than ever before, we need to cultivate our ability to remember. Our memories make us who we are. They are the seat of our values and source of our character. Competing to see who can memorize more pages of poetry might seem beside the point, but it's about taking a stand against forgetfulness, and embracing primal capacities from which too many of us have became estrangedmemory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human.
Joshua Foer -
I quote fictional characters, because I'm a fictional character myself!
Carrie Fisher -
I'm the opposite of the character in my novel: I've become more right-wing as I've got older.
Nicholas Blincoe -
If the character is true, the movie will fall into place. Or at least that's what you hope.
Ryan Gosling -
When you're playing a character, I think it's always better not to judge that character.
Heather Graham -
My general view is that best actor best suited to role should get the job. Obviously when it comes to colour and issues of ethnicity the choice is clear. But I do not believe you have to be transgender or have undergone sex reassignment surgery to be able play a character who has.Acting is acting after all.
Stephen Fry
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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.
Michael B. Jordan -
I'm all for whatever it takes to get wherever you need to get with a character, as long as you don't wipe it on me.
Johnny Depp -
I am a tremendous 'Star Wars' fan; I know the story means an enormous love to me. I love the characters.
Richard Marquand -
I always look for contradiction in a character.
Rebecca Hall -
You've gotta separate yourself from the character. It's hard... so it can make its way into your everyday life.
Evan Peters -
Don't write about a character. Become that character, and then write your story.
Ethan Canin
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I have often wondered how anyone who does not read, by which I mean daily, having some book going all the time, can make it through life. Indeed if I were required to make a sharp division in the very nature of people, I would be tempted to make it there: readers and nonreaders of books... It is astonishing how the presence or absence of this habit so consistently characterizes an individual in other respects; it is as though it were a kind of barometer of temperament, of personality, even of character. Aside from that, for me it constituted something like sanity insurance.
William Brinkley