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Character Quotes
"So the laughs had to come from the character, not because we had balloons in our shirts or were speaking in high voices. That was very important to us."
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"The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me."
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"French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well."
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"Shamelessness is a wonderful part of the character."
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"When I'm playing a character like Jonathan in Ripley's Game I want to be in the moment when he's feeling pain; this very ordinary person who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances."
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"I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character."
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"Actors have an unusual perspective on clothing. You've really got to know the impact of what you're wearing on the character you're playing."
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"She's a very charismatic character, and she holds the whole play together."
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"It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in trouble."
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"Sometimes when you do a part, the wall between you and the characters can be very porous. You can sort of move in and out of your character's persona and being. And that just couldn't happen on this one because of working with him."
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"The mask of the character was already written into the show, but I actually lobbied for a denser and more complete mask than they initially considered."
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"I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else."
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"He had measured five feet four inches of pure gamecock."
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"I was born with an adult head and a tiny body. Like a 'Peanuts' character."
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"He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote... takes on the character of divine revelation."
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"Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me."
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"My character was kidnapped by the Terminator and I was kidnapped by the Terminator production."
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"George Liquor is really the richest character I have. I'm amazed there aren't 365 episodes about him on TV already."
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"The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment."
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"There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another."
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"I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character."
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"The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself."
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"Where was Paris Hilton a year ago? She's a fabulous character to write about."
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"I feel like I'm the most well-adjusted character on the show, even though I'm sure the other actors would tell you the same thing about their characters."
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"In terms of the frustration of my character, I suppose any teenager has probably gone through that, in terms of telling their parents, I want to do one thing, and their parent says no. I think parents sometimes forget that they were children."
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"What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him."
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"Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good."
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"If you compare my character to the others, they were sexy with designer clothes. I had the nerdy outfit."
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"I want every character be an outsider in some way."
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"No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central to a citizen's decision in voting."
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"I questioned everything. I didn't see a character developed in Platoon at all. The character in Blue Velvet was much more fascinating to me."
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"Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest."
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