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That's your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.
I never want to be winking at the audience and saying, "This character is really a nice guy."
It's always an interesting challenge to see if you can create a character that's got emotion.
In most horror films, you don't really get to understand why this character is the way he is.
I think I was always interested in darker characters just because there was a lot more to do.
I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character.
If you once understand an author's character, the comprehension of his writings becomes easy.
The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties.
I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work.
Show the reader what the character thinks about, and then the reader will think about it too.
Everyone makes mistakes. How a person deals with their mistakes is a mark of their character.
We learn a lot, and each museum ends up having its own distinctive character and personality.
Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life
It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will.
Steve Jobs was a pretty complicated character and somewhat a psychologically complicated guy.
For example, I like using strong Greek and Roman Renaissance characters as part of my series.
Adulthood is knowing that a fully realized character is always more important than the lines.
I have trouble describing characters because there is just too much going on in human beings.
Who partakes in another's joys is a more humane character than he who partakes in his griefs.
When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.
It's very important to keep the emotions grounded, to keep the characters in some real place.
Sympathetic characters usually have a voice. They usually don't have any trouble being heard.
Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him.
Hindered characters / seldom have mothers / in Irish stories, but they all have grandmothers.
When I do a mask, I do try to put a lot of character and a lot of expression into the sculpt.
Of course, no religious test for the presidency - every faith adds to our national character.
As the actor, you just have to believe in what your character is doing in order to play them.
The less you know about me the easier it is to convince you that I'm the character on screen.
There were times in school when a person had to do things fast, cheap, and without character.
It's not our mistakes that define us. It's the lessons we learn that show our true character.
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
Cancer Boy probably has the saddest, noblest, sweetest heart of any character I've ever done.
I loved my role on Who's the Boss? There is always some of me in every character that I play.
You cant just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you.
Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
If we show fictional characters doing cool stuff, then girls will want to be it in real life.
A lot of characters now on TV have moved into being anti-heroes, but I wanted to be the hero.
A person only likes his friend to the degree he or she relates and connects to his character.
I'm drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends. (...)
I... had guys on the set who didn't like me... they weren't interested in the cold character.
Those who are repeatedly passive in the face of injustice soon find their character corroded.
I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.
I want the chance to play very different characters, and I've always wanted to do more films.
A nation is a totality of men united through community of fate into a community of character.
The reader can't take much for granted in a fiction where the scenery can eat the characters.
My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all.
Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
It's sort of cliche, but when you're playing drunk, your character is trying to appear sober.
I'm a character actor, so as a character actor, I'm always looking for something interesting.