Character Quotes
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The best morals kids get from any book is just the capacity to empathize with other people, to care about the characters and their feelings. So you don't have to write a preachy book to do that. You just have to make it a fun book with characters they care about, and they will become better people as a result.
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The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important.
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The process of rehearsal means you learn so much and really get the chance to develop your work on a character.
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Actors will say, 'My character wouldn't say that.' Who said it was your character?
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You can't wait for someone to give you a show. That can't be the first time you're writing and drawing a character.
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I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character.
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Show the reader what the character thinks about, and then the reader will think about it too.
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I don't really make movies with an intention other than asking myself, 'Do I love the character, and do I love the story?'
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If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first.
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One of the joys of this show [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that each of those characters could be starring in their own show. It's only as the show goes on that you realize how they interconnect. They're all moving towards one another inexorably, to meet at a certain point.
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I love when actors can let go of where and how they have to do it, and just that we do it. That we are flawed and human, and don't worry about how we look or who we are, or that it seems too old of a character if we're still young.
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One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models.
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To know how a character will behave in any given situation is a necessity and a gift.
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My job is to work hard and be honest with my character, and that's in my control. I can only try to give my best performance.
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I have been in the film industry for 35 years, and everyone, including the spot-boys, will vouch for my character.
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I think character is permanent, and issues are transient.
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I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.
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You start thinking about a character in a new book, of course you're going to think pretty soon, 'Well, what's their secret? What is their problem?' Maybe, 'What is their secret?' is another way of saying, 'What is their problem?' There's got to be some issue, or you've got a totally boring book!
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As an actor, you wouldn't be able to play a character if you were worried about the reaction to what you're doing.
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For movies, I usually do an entire book that has all kinds of things about what is happening at the time the movie is going on and try to get into what my character's going to be like, to try to get some consistency, because they shoot movies out of order.
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The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He's having a mid-life moment, and it's a small moment, really. I think that the character actually really loves where he's at, in his life. He's just trying to have it make a little bit more sense while he figures out what he actually wants to do with it.
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I do always like to do things I haven't done before, so I'm always looking out for things in a different genre, or a different sort of character.
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Preparation is definitely important, but it depends on the kinds of roles I do. Like, I completely identify with my character in 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.' I had to be myself and I didn't have to actually prepare for it.
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I will go to my grave being known as Marge Gunderson. It'll be on my gravestone if I have one. I don't mind that, because it was a great character.
