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I don't think anybody deals well with tragedy or grief, but maybe my characters are particularly bad at it. Which is why I love them.
I don't think there's a certain part of a character I take with me. There's a certain part of me I leave with each character, though.
To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements.
Integrity: A name is the blueprint of the thing we call character. You ask, What's in a name? I answer, Just about everything you do.
I just want to keep finding special characters that I feel like I can bring to life and characters that are real and not superficial.
Most men have no purpose but to exist, Abraham; to pass quietly through history as minor characters upon a stage they cannot even see
It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.
I care more about making sure the story is correct and the characters are behaving in character than I do about the individual jokes.
Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.
Fine natures are like fine poems; a glance at the first two lines suffices for a guess into the beauty that waits you if you read on.
People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character.
It really wasn't my thing. It still isn't my thing, the whole science-fiction action thing. I prefer simpler, character-based movies.
The great mystery is why robots come off so well in science-fiction films when the human characters are often so astoundingly wooden.
I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.
A lot of comedies fall apart because they just go from joke to joke, and the characters are all sort of being crazy off on their own.
To model our political system upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character.
I'm pretty much a character-driven film director and my movies are smaller. I don't do a lot of coverage. I use lots of master shots.
Character, I think, is the single most important thing in fiction. You might read a book once for its interesting plot—but not twice.
I inherited that penchant for intellectualism, a character flaw that these days can only be thoroughly eradicated by getting Z’ed up.
The characters are complicated. The people you think are bad, may not be so bad, and the ones you think are good, may not be so good.
From a backstage perspective, one of the things I always tried to do in wrestling was maintain that I was Adam. Edge was a character.
No civilization is complete which does not include the dumb and defenseless of God's creatures within the sphere of charity and mercy.
It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter.
I'm told my SF is of the hard variety and my Fantasy is romantic but hopefully all the characters are strong and the plots are lively.
The tendency in comedy is to have a character who's stupid get more stupid, because you're trying to top yourself and not just repeat.
Musical numbers should carry the action of the play and should be representative of the personalities of the characters who sing them.
I always find filming stressful. I get very caught up thinking about my character - 'Am I doing it right? Should it be done this way?'
It's nice to play a character that has a soulful, dependent, close relationship. It must mean my character is interesting in some way.
I always play these rodent type characters - skittish and hyper like a chipmunk. It's a complete act though. I'm a very normal person.
I must love big novels, because that's what I've written. It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the characters breathe.
People think being remembered most for one character is a negative thing, but I don't. I never expected to be remembered for anything!
It's quite hard to find a ballsy or complex character. So the roles I've taken are those. Lot's of people put me in the dark category.
All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
Feydeau's one rule of playwriting: Character A: My life is perfect as long as I don't see Character B. Knock Knock. Enter Character B.
There are always parts of me that come out in the characters that I play - it's the only thing I have to work with and to draw off of.
Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can't develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle.
If I like it, if I think the character is going to be fun, if I think the story is good and if it appeals to me, then I want to do it.
A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously.
I like playing characters that, you know, a couple could go see the movie and one person could love him and one person could hate him.
Retire within thyself, and thou will discover how small a stock is there. [Lat., Tecum habita, et noris quam sit tibi curta supellex.]
I don't want to make a movie for 100,000 fans that nobody else in the world sees, because I don't think that's good for the character.
Apprentices and servants are characters perfectly distinct: the one receives instruction, the other a stipulated price for his labour.
Twitter is very impulsive and impermanent and you only have 140 characters. There is no greater 'Emperor' of Twitter than Stephen Fry.
Truth telling is the first building block of character -- a quality that seems to be getting rarer and rarer in all-forgiving America.
The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious. ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.
It's fun to play a character who lives on the edge, who is an ethical and moral mess, and is paying the price for some of his actions.
The landscape of childhood shapes us as it shapes the characters in our stories. You never forget the sacred places of your childhood.
Music will save your life, but may leave you with a life not worth saving. The characters Phonogram tends to follow are extreme cases.