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Everyone is complicated one way or another. But it's interesting to dig into a complicated character, to try to find that within yourself.
I definitely did not play myself. As the writer of the script, I have traits of all the characters. I can relate to all of the characters.
You spend your life training to be an actor, observing people's characteristics so that you can design characters around what you've seen.
I'm a husband and a dad. Two thirds of my day is spent being that character. It's a huge part of my identity and why I pursue things I do.
One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career.
Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christ-like characteristics.
I love characters that are very layered and complex. It's more exciting and different than any simple role- plus, I love a good challenge.
He didn't ask what I was thinking, which was out of character for him. I guessed that meant that he was just as nervous as I suddenly was.
Our character ... is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.
The Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity.
Growing up, I was a very shy kid but I felt that being on stage or playing another character would somehow open me up. And I think it did.
Poe was the first writer to write about main characters who were bad guys or who were mad guys, and those are some of my favorite stories.
I could definitely empathize with the character, with the feelings of helplessness - if only the desperation and the feeling of isolation.
I'm looking for diversity, all my characters may or may not be on the wrong side of the tracks. It doesn't mean that they're all the same.
I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?
Here's my take on Instagram: It's so ridiculous that people can go on and play characters, and none of it [should be] taken too seriously.
I just want to work with good filmmakers and do good projects that mean something to me and play interesting characters. That's really it.
Mother Firefly is the kind of character I've always wanted to play. She's larger than life, terribly tragic, and capable of a lot of love.
You get the part, sign the contract and start to realize millions of people follow this guy and know more about your character than you do
Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor.
For sheer strength of character, I wouldn't have dared to cross swords with Callas. I would rather have gone six rounds with Jack Dempsey.
Comedy, drama, Westerns, sci-fi... it's all fine if the story's compelling and the character is interesting to me. I do like action a lot.
Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of acting.
No matter how hard we strive for objectivity, writers are biased toward tension - those moments in which character is forged and revealed.
What God lacks is convictions- stability of character. He ought to be a Presbyterian or a Catholic or something- not try to be everything.
Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.
I've worked in the theater, television, and films. A five-hour TV series is certainly more time than a character I'd be playing in a film.
As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.
You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.
Nothing is more destructive of individual character than for a man to lose all faith in his own abilities for the prosecution of his work.
The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus, every boy is a challenge to his elders.
Since the last decades of the nineteenth century, revolt against the objectified world has determined the character of art and literature.
When I'm writing a woman character, I don't think, 'What would a woman do?' I just think, 'What would this character do in this situation?
I make character judgements based on whether people like animals. Worship Satan, I'll still give you a chance. Hate dogs, we ain't friends.
NC passed law against global warming science, therefore it's not happening. So I'm ignoring Twitter's 140-character limit, so it's not happ
I love playing characters that are bigger than life and maybe have a darker side that they present to the world. Those are good characters.
Acting allows me to explore new worlds, to discover characters by delving into their lives, and ultimately to become someone else entirely.
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
I hope that doing truthful portrayals of people in a variety of circumstances gives people a kind of subterranean link to those characters.
Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, but every character is an extension of the author's own personality.
Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.
The character and mentality of the keepers may be of more importance in understanding prisons than the character and mentality of the kept.
Whenever people get to see you, it's a great thing. Once people see an image and see the character, they can get into the music a lot more.
As a former federal prosecutor, I welcome the opportunity to hold Hillary Rodham Clinton accountable for her performance and her character.
I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.
Every character I do is something special to me. Every time you score with a great character relationship in a movie, it becomes your baby.
Think of every character as a main character. They believe they're the main characters in their stories. No one should just be an obstacle.
I dont see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.
It's impressive when you're such a mysterious fictional character that even avid enthusiasts are debating your existence within the mythos.
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.