- Novel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Character Quotes
Character shows up in fiction, politics and physics.
"Character" is used two distinct ways in this collection — as a literary term about how a fictional character carries moral weight, and as a description of personal integrity tied to one's politics and work. For traits and personality more broadly, see Personality quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Sketch
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm writing, I'm creating the story and its character with words. I'm thinking about what the pictures will be like, but I never begin to sketch. The pictures are all in my head.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always wanted to be one of those actors who could change from character to character, like Daniel Day Lewis or Jeffrey Wright.
- Better Actor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.
- Kitchen
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- Nov 07, 2020
If it's present in the life of the character, I'll write about it. Kitchen, bedroom, church, I'll follow a character wherever they go.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really enjoyed playing Freddie Cork. People are always scared to approach me because of the character I played in 'Brotherhood.' The writing was very smart.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really love research. It's one of the things I love most about my job. I feel like it's me in the lab cooking up the character.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I go into 'You're the Worst,' I'm very glammed up, and my hair and makeup is va-va-voom. Now what I'm having fun with in 'Grease' is, honestly, I go to rehearsals with zero makeup. When I get pimples, I get excited about it, like 'Yay! It helps the character!' The frumpier and uglier and grosser, the better with Jan.
- Female Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a feminist, just to speak to what women go through, I think women are put in a box way too often. What I love about 'You're the Worst' is that no female character is portrayed as a black-and-white cartoon character. We're all complicated, messy human beings.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're on a TV show, you never know what's going to happen week to week with your character.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you put 100 people on an island with no food, no water, no hope of a ship coming, then some will overcome it and be resourceful, some will live in it, others will panic, and others will show horrific character, which is wrong. But not to understand that all alternatives are possible is wrong as well.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are not very many opportunities for little people in the industry. There are small parts and character parts, but we don't get the girl-at-the-end-of-the-film kind of parts... but I was quite happy with what I was doing.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
We not only interpret the character of events... we may also interpret our interpretations.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020