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I admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money involved.
We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must be earned.
The world will find out that part of your character which concerns it: that which especially concerns yourself, it will leave for you to discover.
I fall in love with characters when they're out of their element or are uncomfortable and you really feel for them in a knee-jerk sympathetic way.
When I was doing Bean more than I’ve done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing on chat shows in character as Mr. Bean.
The one thing I could do was voices and impersonations and weird characters, and there was really no call for that, except on Saturday Night Live.
I think a lot, so I don't spend a lot of time actually writing - I do that part very quickly. That helps, for me. To keep track of the characters.
I'm just enjoying playing a character of myself. People's mouths drop when I dance, but my friends are like, "You dance like that in the kitchen!"
Playing a character in a video game is different to other performances because your character can't lead the audience of players in one direction.
All of us have a lot of sides to ourselves, but the fun thing about being actor is you make one side predominant for the character you're playing.
None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.
I've developed a way to separate myself from me being me, to me being the character. I can separate watching me, Tinsel Korey, from watching Emily
The joy of poetry is that it will wait for you. Novels don't wait for you. Characters change. But poetry will wait. I think it's the greatest art.
In the old days, I just could not leave characters alone. Now I just try to keep the ones that still have something in the way of stories to tell.
The genuine investor in common stocks does not need a great equipment of brain and knowledge, but he does need some unusual qualities of character
The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I've known in my life.
This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.
When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward and examine ourselves.
We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a democratic society.
Find better company, find company of people better than yourself so you be surrounded with those best in character and so you may learn something.
[May 1958, on playing Macbeth at age 30 and age 48] When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part.
There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read may read our natures.
Freedom is the fundamental character of the will, as weight is of matter... That which is free is the will. Will without freedom is an empty word.
I believe a good memoir should have all of the narrative elements of a novel: character development, dialogue, descriptive language, and metaphor.
Slater's a big star and he's been in the business a long time. He's always in a good mood and easygoing but he takes his character very seriously.
I'm usually working on my own mythology, my own realm of created characters. Stories in mythology inspire me, though I may not be conscious of it.
There is something good about the character of Gomez. I wouldn't trade the association with him for anything or any role that I might have missed.
I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and really paint a picture with the song.
It's more fun to play a good character with a good director and good actors around you. That's what makes it fun, and the more variety, the better.
I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me.
I envision the script as a story in my mind, memorize the entire thing and have it play out. It helps me figure out where my character needs to go.
I knew of like - I remember, for most of my life, I grew up, and "Knight Rider" was, you know - David Hasselhoff was a Dutch character in my world.
I think when you're playing a character in any film it's so crucial to have the costume that makes you feel like you're going to be that character.
Support Group featured a rotating cast of characters in various states of tumor-driven unwellness. Why did the cast rotate? A side effect of dying.
What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up you kind of kick to the curb.
A sum of money is a leading character in this tale about people, just as a sum of honey might properly be a leading character in a tale about bees.
I sometimes feel like I could do another job. Anything. Maybe because as an actress you're playing different characters, everything feels possible.
I do feel there's certainly some films where you can feel that the directors don't care about the genre and they don't care about their characters.
I have never had more fun in my life playing a character than I've had playing Michael Langdon. He's so delicious. He's so layered and complicated.
The mind of a wise man is the safest custody of secrets; cheerfulness is the key to friendship; patience and forbearance will conceal many defects.
I don't think I will do a Mafia character again. I want to get away from the violence a little bit, because it is starting to bother me personally.
I want to try different genres. I think I'll still be looking at a strong female character in the center, and identity struggle and transformation.
Character is more than a man-to-his-God humility, for it involves transparency and accountability to others, not merely a private quest for purity.
I think it's good to leave people with the memory of that being a great character. And if we have a reason to bring him back, we'll bring him back.
I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.
Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.
I watched so many comic book movies where the actors weren't as built as the characters in the book. It made me mad because they didn't look right.
My dad is a much more flamboyant character than I am. I think that's why I couldn't see myself going into straight acting. I always just felt daft.
The movement for equality and justice can only be a success if it has both a mass and militant character; the barriers to be overcome require both.
Nothing ought to be more weighed than the nature of books recommended by public authority. So recommended, they soon form the character of the age.