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"But really, for the most part - doing a prequel is great because you do have room to kind of free this character and how they got to where they are instead of being a slave to exactly what the previous actor did."

"But really, for the most part - doing a prequel is great because you do have room to kind of free this character and how they got to where they are instead of being a slave to exactly what the previous actor did."

Jennifer Lawrence, American Actress

Character, Actor, Being

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"Humility is an interesting virtue because if you don't have It, sooner or later it's given to you."

"Humility is an interesting virtue because if you don't have It, sooner or later it's given to you."

Nick Vujicic, Australian Motivational Speaker

Character, Humility, Virtue, Time

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"Character is what a man is in the dark."

"Character is what a man is in the dark."

Dwight L. Moody, American Clergyman

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"Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this 'Obama' - this character who is there whenever the world needs something."

"Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this 'Obama' - this character who is there whenever the world needs something."

Jon Voight, American Actor

Character, Needs, Play

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"I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and get paid."

"I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and get paid."

Will Smith, American Actor

Character, Focus

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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."

"The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

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"I'd like to be known for my character."

"I'd like to be known for my character."

Soundarya, Indian Actress

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"If you give a character room to breathe, they come alive."

"If you give a character room to breathe, they come alive."

Catherine Keener, American Actress

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"I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist."

"I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

Character, Decision, Evil

4

"They said that Seven was a former Borg who had been human and had been assimilated. She was regaining her humanity. I had no interest in this character."

"They said that Seven was a former Borg who had been human and had been assimilated. She was regaining her humanity. I had no interest in this character."

Jeri Ryan, American Actress

Character, Humanity, Interest

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"I want to do a little bit of everything. I want to play a good, strong female character."

"I want to do a little bit of everything. I want to play a good, strong female character."

Shannon Elizabeth, American Actress

Character, Play, Want

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"Oftentimes what happens is that the writer understands one character, but they don't understand the other one, and the other one ends up not being written as well."

"Oftentimes what happens is that the writer understands one character, but they don't understand the other one, and the other one ends up not being written as well."

Jennifer Beals, American Actress

Character, Being, Writer

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"For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous."

"For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous."

Carlos Alazraqui, American Actor

Character, Being

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"Character, I am sure, lies in the genes."

"Character, I am sure, lies in the genes."

Taylor Caldwell, American Author

Character, Lies

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"I hadn't even watched '24' before, and the audition was kind of far away. When I got the material, there wasn't a character yet, so it almost seemed like an assistant to Jack Bauer saying, 'Yes, sir. No, sir.'"

"I hadn't even watched '24' before, and the audition was kind of far away. When I got the material, there wasn't a character yet, so it almost seemed like an assistant to Jack Bauer saying, 'Yes, sir. No, sir.'"

Mary Lynn Rajskub, American Actress

Character, Saying

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"In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!"

"In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!"

Eddie Murphy, American Comedian

Character, Basketball

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"Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West, and then Down Island. So, all of that stuff sort of had it's roots in New Orleans and went crazy."

"Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West, and then Down Island. So, all of that stuff sort of had it's roots in New Orleans and went crazy."

Jimmy Buffett, American Musician

Character, Key, Uniqueness

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"I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion."

"I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion."

William H. Macy, American Actor

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"Well, you know, what's better? To play a character who stays stuck in the same baggage year after year, or to play a character who gets beyond that and goes to a new level?"

"Well, you know, what's better? To play a character who stays stuck in the same baggage year after year, or to play a character who gets beyond that and goes to a new level?"

Andreas Katsulas, American Actor

Character, Play

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"The role of an actor is to make every character believable."

"The role of an actor is to make every character believable."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

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

Rick Allen, American Musician

4

"Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character."

"Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character."

John Thaw, British Actor

Character, Trees

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"In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience."

"In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience."

Estelle Parsons, American Actress

Character, Fire, Theater

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"I didn't know how to kill off a character unless I was able, as a narrator, to get really complicated. Because it was a big deal. I'd never killed a character before."

"I didn't know how to kill off a character unless I was able, as a narrator, to get really complicated. Because it was a big deal. I'd never killed a character before."

Rick Moody, American Novelist

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"They've turned this character into a human being."

"They've turned this character into a human being."

Melinda Clarke, American Actress

Character, Being

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"Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character."

"Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character."

Stephen Covey, American Businessman

Character, Habits

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"Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested."

"Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested."

Oswald Chambers, Scottish Theologian

Character, Christ

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"Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild."

"Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild."

Nicolas Cage, American Actor

Character, Being, Hollywood

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"Every character I play has to be the hero of his own story, the way we're all heroes of our own lives."

"Every character I play has to be the hero of his own story, the way we're all heroes of our own lives."

Jesse Eisenberg, American Actor

Character, Heroes, Play

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"If I'm really considering doing film from now on then that is the smart thing to do, or you can go either way. You can just do the same character over and over again and make a different comedy like over and over again."

"If I'm really considering doing film from now on then that is the smart thing to do, or you can go either way. You can just do the same character over and over again and make a different comedy like over and over again."

Ray Romano, American Actor

Character, Comedy, Film, Now

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"When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part."

"When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part."

Laurence Olivier, English Actor

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"The nice thing is that, at least in Los Angeles, I'm known as a character actor and I do auditions for other things besides just cartoon shows."

"The nice thing is that, at least in Los Angeles, I'm known as a character actor and I do auditions for other things besides just cartoon shows."

Dan Castellaneta, American Actor

4

"Although there was a screenplay, the actors never knew what questions I was going to ask them, and all of my character's voice-over narration and scenes were added after the fact."

"Although there was a screenplay, the actors never knew what questions I was going to ask them, and all of my character's voice-over narration and scenes were added after the fact."

Griffin Dunne, American Actor

Character, Actors, Fact, Questions

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"Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries."

"Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries."

James A. Michener, American Novelist

4

"I liked Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, and that is the kind of character that I would like to have played. That would have been more in tune with who I really was."

"I liked Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, and that is the kind of character that I would like to have played. That would have been more in tune with who I really was."

Keith Thibodeaux, American Musician

4

"Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character."

"Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

Character, Wealth, Self

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"The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character."

"The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character."

Eddie Marsan, English Actor

Character, Thoughts, Acting

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"It was the character of the Packers, man. We played for sixty minutes. We let it all hang out. There was no tomorrow for us. We got the adrenaline flowing, and we just let it go, man."

"It was the character of the Packers, man. We played for sixty minutes. We let it all hang out. There was no tomorrow for us. We got the adrenaline flowing, and we just let it go, man."

Ray Nitschke, American Athlete

Character, Man, Tomorrow

4

"I'm a character actor, so I don't take the hit if the movie's bad, the lead does. So, I don't want to be the lead. He takes the hit, I don't."

"I'm a character actor, so I don't take the hit if the movie's bad, the lead does. So, I don't want to be the lead. He takes the hit, I don't."

Brion James, American Actor

Character, Want

4

"Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed."

"Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed."

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

Character, Now, Old

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"I often concentrate on the eyes and lips, they are great indicators of mood and feeling, and I find that I can project character into my portraits by bringing the viewer's attention to these areas."

"I often concentrate on the eyes and lips, they are great indicators of mood and feeling, and I find that I can project character into my portraits by bringing the viewer's attention to these areas."

Robert Ryan, American Actor

Character, Attention, Eyes, Feeling

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"As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the Commission on Human Rights itself had doubts from the beginning about its role and its functions in general."

"As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the Commission on Human Rights itself had doubts from the beginning about its role and its functions in general."

Rene Cassin, French Judge

Character, Beginning, Rights, Human rights

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"I don't mind playing the same character, but if it's not well done, then I'm not interested."

"I don't mind playing the same character, but if it's not well done, then I'm not interested."

Charisma Carpenter, American Actress

Character, Mind

4

"In the best farce today we start with some absurd premise as to character or situation, but if the premises be once granted we move logically enough to the ending."

"In the best farce today we start with some absurd premise as to character or situation, but if the premises be once granted we move logically enough to the ending."

George P. Baker, American Theorist

Character, Ending, Today

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"The country has been of better character since leaving the Buttes than E. of them, but has now a very fertile appearance. This may be said to begin about the 3rd crossing of Milk R of the line."

"The country has been of better character since leaving the Buttes than E. of them, but has now a very fertile appearance. This may be said to begin about the 3rd crossing of Milk R of the line."

George Mercer Dawson, Canadian Scientist

Character, Appearance, Country, May

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"I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character."

"I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character."

James Taylor, American Musician

Character, Living

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"I try to find what is closest to me in the character. There's many sides to personality, but it's a matter of, do you entertain those specific areas of your personality, or are you afraid to entertain them?"

"I try to find what is closest to me in the character. There's many sides to personality, but it's a matter of, do you entertain those specific areas of your personality, or are you afraid to entertain them?"

Corin Nemec, American Actor

Character, Personality

4

"I have been working up until recently with Neil Simon, who has been adapting the character to me."

"I have been working up until recently with Neil Simon, who has been adapting the character to me."

Paula Abdul, American Musician

4

"So I just play the character, I play the lines."

"So I just play the character, I play the lines."

Fiona Shaw, Irish Actress

Character, Play

4

"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

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