Characters Quotes
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I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families. The Amor Patriae love of ones country is both a moral duty and a religious duty. It comprehends not only the love of our neighbors but of millions of our fellow creatures, not only of the present but of future generations. This virtue we find constitutes a part of the first characters of history.
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I'm the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.
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The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.
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There are characters that become more popular as we fall in love with them.
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What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters.
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You need characters who want things. They want love, they want recognition, they want happiness.
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With both Caddyshack and Vacation, it's not like the subjects were serious enough that they engaged my interest for another round. I love the characters, and the actors were great, but I didn't see the need to make another Vacation movie.
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I am very different to how people think I am. It's the characters I play that they are responding to.
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My characters hope for better lives.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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Each of my characters comes from somewhere, and where they come from, good or bad, has a large part in forming who they are, and who they can become.
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All of the actors that have served to me as inspiration over the years have been those more associated with dramatic work who have, in turn, been able to embody their characters and lose themselves in those characters that they create.
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A lot of my characters are anti-heroes that became heroes.
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The person who builds a character makes foes.
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My extreme characters are in a state of rebellion or who are being ostracized or being misunderstood, or misfits or trying to fit in and fighting for their rights to love, live, and co-exist. They sort of mirror my own demons.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise.
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It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.
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I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters.
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One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian is someone who can stand up in front of an audience and make you laugh. I've never done stand-up and I never will. I'm a comic actor. My comedy comes through my characters.
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Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.
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My Southern heritage is a big part of who I am. I grew up around people who seemed like characters but are actual, real people. My grandmother made sure I had manners and all that stuff.
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
