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Character Quotes

"It's nice to play a character that has a soulful, dependent, close relationship. It must mean my character is interesting in some 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."

Jeff Goldblum, American Actor

Character, Play

38

"Good guy' or 'bad guy', hero or anti hero; doesn't matter to me, what role I play, only the character have something magical."

"Good guy' or 'bad guy', hero or anti hero; doesn't matter to me, what role I play, only the character have something magical."

Rutger Hauer, Dutch Actor

Character, Play

38

"I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration."

"I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration."

Kelly Lynch, American Actress

Character, Chance, Consideration, First

38

"If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings."

"If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings."

Chuck Jones, American Director

Character, End, Will

38

"But there is something seductive and the character, Alfie is so charming, and does make you think like you are the most important thing in the world but he's not that nice, is he."

"But there is something seductive and the character, Alfie is so charming, and does make you think like you are the most important thing in the world but he's not that nice, is he."

Sienna Miller, American Actress

Character, World

38

"I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie you're watching, they have these toned arms and muscles."

"I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie you're watching, they have these toned arms and muscles."

Jill Clayburgh, American Actress

38

"I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates."

"I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates."

Bob Woodward, American Journalist

38

"I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more."

"I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more."

Ryan Gosling, Canadian Actor

Character, Budgets, Play

38

"I mean it allowed me to do that which was fantastic because we really get to see the character mature and deal with some things that are, that I think as an audience member, really pull us in."

"I mean it allowed me to do that which was fantastic because we really get to see the character mature and deal with some things that are, that I think as an audience member, really pull us in."

Brandon Routh, American Actor

38

"Adversity gives you the opportunity to exhibit godly character."

"Adversity gives you the opportunity to exhibit godly character."

Jim George, American Author

Character, Adversity, Opportunity, Faith

38

"Ambition and stupidity are a dangerous combination."

"Ambition and stupidity are a dangerous combination."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Character, Ambition, Danger, Mistake, Caution

38

"I wouldn't say I've changed my mind. I changed some of my natural habits, some of my natural character."

"I wouldn't say I've changed my mind. I changed some of my natural habits, some of my natural character."

Kurt Masur, German Musician

Character, Habits, Mind

38

"Technique is of less interest than character and story."

"Technique is of less interest than character and story."

William Friedkin, American Director

Character, Interest

38

"The root of all true greatness, is humility."

"The root of all true greatness, is humility."

C. JoyBell C., American Author

Character, Greatness, Humility, Power

38

"And very often the influence exerted on a person's character by the amount of his income is hardly less, if it is less, than that exerted by the way in which it is earned."

"And very often the influence exerted on a person's character by the amount of his income is hardly less, if it is less, than that exerted by the way in which it is earned."

Alfred Marshall, English Economist

Character, Income, Influence

38

"The man that makes a character, makes foes."

"The man that makes a character, makes foes."

Edward Young, English Poet

37

"Will isn't a screaming queen - that's Jack's part. They needed someone to play the part for America. It's just not the same as Britain. To have a gay character as a lead is risky."

"Will isn't a screaming queen - that's Jack's part. They needed someone to play the part for America. It's just not the same as Britain. To have a gay character as a lead is risky."

Eric McCormack, Canadian Actor

Character, America, Gay, Play

37

"You know a lot of what worked on this was taken from Harry Potter 2, the little Doby character, we had a lot of our skin stuff worked out and that helped a lot. We have a lot of exchange happening."

"You know a lot of what worked on this was taken from Harry Potter 2, the little Doby character, we had a lot of our skin stuff worked out and that helped a lot. We have a lot of exchange happening."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

Character, Skin

37

"But to be part of helping create a character and be a part of something from the beginning - the excitement of it - it doesn't get any better."

"But to be part of helping create a character and be a part of something from the beginning - the excitement of it - it doesn't get any better."

Sarah Chalke, Canadian Actress

Character, Beginning, Excitement

37

"In a lot of ways, the make-up was the character."

"In a lot of ways, the make-up was the character."

Rick Yune, American Actor

37

"When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture."

"When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

Character, Voice

37

"I prefer the rather old and battered, things with character, to the brand new."

Rick Allen, American Musician

37

"It was tough to try to be serious in front of Halle Berry and Pierce Brosnan with all this stuff in my face. There's never been a character that's looked this extreme."

"It was tough to try to be serious in front of Halle Berry and Pierce Brosnan with all this stuff in my face. There's never been a character that's looked this extreme."

Rick Yune, American Actor

Character, Extreme

37

"Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them."

"Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them."

Xun Zi, Chinese Philosopher

Character, Will

37

"I'm naturally going to react to that and he'll bring out elements in my musical character that were lying dormant, because I'm relating what he's playing."

"I'm naturally going to react to that and he'll bring out elements in my musical character that were lying dormant, because I'm relating what he's playing."

Benny Green, British Musician

Character, Lying

37

"If I was a bad character that got away with murder like we see on other shows, I do not think I would like it because that sends a message that you can do these horrible things and never pay for it."

"If I was a bad character that got away with murder like we see on other shows, I do not think I would like it because that sends a message that you can do these horrible things and never pay for it."

Hunter Tylo, American Actress

Character, Murder

37

"Always judge a man by the coloring of his heart and only his heart. Truth can be found in his record of actions, not intentions."

"Always judge a man by the coloring of his heart and only his heart. Truth can be found in his record of actions, not intentions."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Character, Judgment, Heart, Truth, Action

37

"As an actor, I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you. I've been doing this for 26 years and some of the things I've done are always with me."

"As an actor, I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you. I've been doing this for 26 years and some of the things I've done are always with me."

Forest Whitaker, American Actor

Character, Connection, Energy

37

"I played a lot of character parts in school."

"I played a lot of character parts in school."

Matthew Ashford, American Actor

Character, School

37

"The involuntary character of psychiatric treatment is at odds with the spirit and ethics of medicine itself."

"The involuntary character of psychiatric treatment is at odds with the spirit and ethics of medicine itself."

Kate Millett, American Activist

Character, Ethics, Medicine, Spirit

37

"I regard it in fact as the great advantage of the mathematical technique that it allows us to describe, by means of algebraic equations, the general character of a pattern even where we are ignorant of the numerical values which will determine its particular manifestation."

"I regard it in fact as the great advantage of the mathematical technique that it allows us to describe, by means of algebraic equations, the general character of a pattern even where we are ignorant of the numerical values which will determine its particular manifestation."

Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist

Character, Values, Fact, Will

37

"I wasn't trying to top Pulp Fiction with Jackie Brown. I wanted to go underneath it and make a more modest character study movie."

"I wasn't trying to top Pulp Fiction with Jackie Brown. I wanted to go underneath it and make a more modest character study movie."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Character, Fiction, Study, Trying

37

"It is scary for an actor when you get hired as a lead. No matter what the plot is, it is your job to do something interesting enough to make them want to get inside the lead character's head."

"It is scary for an actor when you get hired as a lead. No matter what the plot is, it is your job to do something interesting enough to make them want to get inside the lead character's head."

Tom Selleck, American Actor

Character, Job, Want

37

"Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together."

"Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together."

Alan Rickman, British Actor

Character, Play, Words

37

"From my sketch files I'll find a pose that shows the emotion behind a particular character's story."

"From my sketch files I'll find a pose that shows the emotion behind a particular character's story."

Frank Bruno, British Athlete

Character, Emotion

37

"I have things planned for every character like what they're doing down the road and coming to different realizations but I don't have how they overlap."

"I have things planned for every character like what they're doing down the road and coming to different realizations but I don't have how they overlap."

Robert Kirkman, American Writer

Character, Road

37

"And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character."

"And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character."

Bainbridge Colby, American Public Servant

Character, Country, Duty, Loyalty

37

"He wears jeans, untucked shirts, and a Glock 19, and he has a big shaggy dog named Bob."

"He wears jeans, untucked shirts, and a Glock 19, and he has a big shaggy dog named Bob."

Janet Evanovich, American Novelist

Character, Appearance, Action, Identity

37

"The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character."

"The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character."

Mike Tyson, American Athlete

37

"Some of the newer folks in the industry, I'm not sure they are familiar with the term acting. They don't understand what it means to play a character rather than just be a personality."

"Some of the newer folks in the industry, I'm not sure they are familiar with the term acting. They don't understand what it means to play a character rather than just be a personality."

Kathleen Quinlan, American Actress

Character, Acting, Personality, Play

37

"It's grown into a personal relationship, yeah. I'm crazy about Jerry. I think he's a unique character."

"It's grown into a personal relationship, yeah. I'm crazy about Jerry. I think he's a unique character."

Jon Voight, American Actor

37

"It's hard to hold the focus that strongly on a single character for that long."

"It's hard to hold the focus that strongly on a single character for that long."

Elizabeth Moon, American Author

Character, Focus

37

"The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor."

"The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor."

John Kenneth Galbraith, American Economist

Character, Values, Building, Poor

37

"In the kingdom of glass everything is transparent, and there is no place to hide a dark heart."

"In the kingdom of glass everything is transparent, and there is no place to hide a dark heart."

Vera Nazarian, American Writer

Character, Transparency, Heart, Truth, Awareness

37

"While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best."

"While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best."

Tom Allen, American Politician

Character, Months, Winter

37

"I've played almost every lead character from Henry VI to Othello. I'm dying to tackle Richard III sometime."

"I've played almost every lead character from Henry VI to Othello. I'm dying to tackle Richard III sometime."

Ted Lange, American Actor

Character, Dying

37

"Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."

"Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."

Zig Ziglar, American Author

Character, Truth, Wisdom, Ability

37

"The thing is, I want to play real characters and not all girls can be pretty. The thing is, you get these girls who say 'I'm a character actor' then you see them in a role and nothing has really changed but the outfit."

"The thing is, I want to play real characters and not all girls can be pretty. The thing is, you get these girls who say 'I'm a character actor' then you see them in a role and nothing has really changed but the outfit."

Juliette Lewis, American Actress

Character, Actor, Girls, Nothing

37

"I always think of the word 'abandonment' when I think of the character."

"I always think of the word 'abandonment' when I think of the character."

Tilda Swinton, English Actress

Character, Word

36

"Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost."

"Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost."

Eric Clapton, British Musician

Character, Discovery, First

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