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It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.
Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters.
I'm very interested in people, so if a character happens to be real, there's that much more to look at.
You cannot go wrong with Bugs Bunny. He's the coolest cartoon character ever. I quote him all the time.
It's always fun to try something new, and to play a new character, and it's fun to play another period.
Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me.
Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.
It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.
The faculty of continual transformation... is a profound expression of the dynamic character of the mind
Plot is merely the mechanism by which your character is forced up against her deepest fears and desires.
All good plots come from well-orchestrated characters pitted against one another in a conflict of wills.
Greatest thing we can produce is character. Everything else can be taken from us, but not our character.
Anytime you get a chance to play some extreme character, in any direction, it's always a great blessing.
I think the good stories are those where the character decides to break away and do something different.
When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there.
A small pot boils quick. You can tell much about the depth of one's character by how quickly he 'boils'.
I've always been asked, "What type of character would you love to play?," and I've always said a pastor.
Characterization requires self-knowledge, insight into human nature . . . it is more than impersonation.
The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.
Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian Businessman.
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
Adults need more complex narratives. They have their own narratives. The main characters are themselves.
Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.
What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life.
If you compare my character to the others, they were sexy with designer clothes. I had the nerdy outfit.
That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable is made up of civility and falsehood.
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
Years of live storytelling and character acting have helped me with building vivid locations and scenes.
Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.
I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains.
I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.
If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.
If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation.
I am a tremendous 'Star Wars' fan; I know the story means an enormous love to me. I love the characters.
My favorite character on Friends was Joey, because we're both actors. I always thought that was so cool.
I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration.
I often played the nerdy friend or the goofy sidekick or the sort of naïve movie character in some ways.
I believe that ideal character in its perfection is potentially in every man who is born into the world.
I want to continually play characters that speak to me, but also are different than what I've just done.
The critics had an image of me, and they wouldn't accept any other... I was a cartoon character. A joke.
It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.
Good luck is the willing handmaid of upright, energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
I write stories about conspiracies and paranoid characters while I am, in fact, a very skeptical person.
The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.
I think you always learn something in every character you play onstage, either personally or creatively.
The body will shine if the character is fine; service of man and worship of God will preserve its charm.
That’s what makes a character interesting from an actor’s perspective - the more screwed up, the better.
My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.
When two characters or two actresses are together for a while there is bound to be chemistry developing.