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When I look at a character, whether he's good or bad, one scene or 10 scenes, I just have to find my way in.
None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.
The biggest challenge is not the storytelling, it's to track every character's arc through the entire movie.
I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.
For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand.
You don't have to kill somebody to play a murderer. You have to read the script and interpret the character.
Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.
We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character.
While I'm trying to be a villain, Tyler Posey's just making me break character all the time. It's hilarious.
"Madam," replied Mr. Micawber, "it is my intention to register such a vow on the virgin page of the future."
With me, it's clothing and makeup and hair and all that stuff that inform how the character moves and feels.
The fox remains always a fox, the goose remains a goose, and the tiger will retain the character of a tiger.
Sometimes I like to think that characters you play are all the other people you could've been in a lifetime.
With classic sitcoms like MASH, the characters all drove each other crazy, and that's what you loved to see.
Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
The recipe for any character is always very interesting, as far as what doses of certain qualities you want.
Rupert Grint is exactly like his character Ron, in that they are both incredibly funny, friendly, and loyal.
Many good people mistake their reputation for their character. It is a mistake I have made many, many times.
As an actor, I usually try and keep my motivation within the context of what the character is going through.
The epicenter of creativity and imagination should be the Church, reflecting the character and glory of God.
When people come in the door and they have something, discovering and exploring the character is a real joy.
The lessons we learn from patience will cultivate our character, lift our lives, and heighten our happiness.
I get very invested in characters, it's the only way I find that I can write a book and really make it work.
Every volcano is a powerful illustration of God's character. He is a Vesuvius of goodness, life, and energy.
The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.
Suspense is achieved by information control: What you know. What the reader knows. What the characters know.
In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.
I have a very healthy appetite for good writing and good characters. Having weak writing is my biggest fear.
I'm a working actress able to make choices based on characters rather than what I 'should' do for my career.
You have to be able to get inside the heads of the characters and completely sympathize and understand them.
Shirley Valentine is a beautiful character and so well written. What Shirley speaks and thinks is so logical
You can't play history and you can't play historical characters. You just have to reduce it to the ordinary.
I had wanted to be a regular character on a series for a while. 'The Brady Bunch' was an answer to a prayer.
The best single question for testing an organization's character is: What happens when people make mistakes?
If your language is confused, your intellect, if not your whole character, will almost certainly correspond.
All one can do for one's character in times like these, is to prove that one does not belong to these times.
By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.
I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.
I always begin with a character or characters, and then try to think up as much action for them as possible.
In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.
I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
The involuntary character of psychiatric treatment is at odds with the spirit and ethics of medicine itself.
History has scarcely deigned to notice [Libius Severus's] birth, his elevation, his character, or his death.
Sometimes your characters in films do things that you wouldn't do. You're not playing yourself all the time.
It's almost jarring when you go to play a different character, after playing someone for so long. I love it!
Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.
An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story.
What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?