Character Quotes
-
I do my best work when I feel conviction to say something through the character I play. Always I want to have integrity and not compromise that.
-
When you are on set, you are not your best judge because it is hard to step back when you are into the character.
-
I started my career in Portugal, and the longest I've ever played a character was for about a year, which is how long our TV shows last.
-
When I was young I used to sit in the cinema thinking wouldn't it be great if you could have a film in which the characters were like real people instead of being like actors.
-
I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors. I've also been looking for the consistency of work that TV provides for you. And, I always thought it would be really interesting to live with a character for months, if not years.
-
Sanctification is not a work of nature, but a work of grace. It is a transformation of character effected not by moral influences, but supernaturally by the Holy Spirit.
-
My very favorite costumed character I've played would be Abe Sapien from the 'Hell Boy' movies. I love this guy.
-
You know you knit too much when ... You will check out a book from the library just because you heard that one of the characters knits.
-
When I think about a character, it does start with the shoes: What kind would she wear? How would she walk in them?
-
With 'Richard,' I was excited to make this film with such an amazing role for an actor. Play a wide range of emotion and really invest myself in the character.
-
Only in very rare circumstances will you see something cut out of my first drafts. Maybe it's because of the way I write. I'm very focused on the logical progression of the story, and every character has a role to play.
-
What makes a good villain is someone who doesn't just challenge the hero but comes organically out of that character's history and circumstances.
-
Matching character and actor is what a good director does.
-
My experience with video games is a far cry from 'WWE 2K17.' Did I ever aspire to be that character? Man, I just wanted to be a hero to kids. Whether it's a character in a video game, a movie or a TV series, it's an accolade that I'm greatly appreciative of.
-
I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature of my life generally.
-
Even now, I change my style and clothes from one day to the next, but during high school I blended in. I think a lot of people are that way. I guess that's why I can write about an array of characters.
-
When I was acting, I got trained in creating a character as a three-dimensional person. If you're doing it right you should be able to draw an audience into the character's world and make them feel their fears.
-
I approach things from my feeling first. I have to get a feel for the character. I'll do that through music; I'll do it through what is naturally popping up for me when I read the script. My ideas or whatever the occupation of the character might be.
-
The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes to create a character in whom people suspend disbelief.
-
The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will... An education which should improve this faculty would be the education par excellence.
-
I believe that every human being endowed with intelligence, memory, and strength of character bears within him a little of thc supernatural as well. The highest purpose of the conductor is to release this superhuman potential in every one of his musicians.
-
The taste of men, whatever it might happen to be, has been made a standard for the formation of the female character.
-
I have said to my agents, 'I want to work. I want to play character roles.'
-
As soon as I feel people are talking too much about my character, it's time to leave.
