- Movement
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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
- Nov 07, 2020
The character of Matt LeBlanc in 'Episodes' has some real dark sides, and Matt wasn't afraid to explore those.
- Forgiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things that Dostoevsky talks about is that no character is too high to fall and no character is too low to be redeemed. 'Crime and Punishment' began with a person going out and consciously becoming a cold-blooded murderer, and it took 800 pages and an epilogue before the person finally asked for forgiveness.
- Deadwood
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ian McShane's character in 'Deadwood' was awesome.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've done tons of guest spots and in parts where the character invariably dies or is dead.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I do when I create a character is put in details from all the people I know who might be like that person, and then put in a huge amount of myself.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build.
- Reality
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you describe a character's dream, it has to be sharper than reality in some way and more meaningful. It has to somehow speak to plot, character, and all the rest.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The beauty of performance for me is finding details with which to betray character.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never really approach any project or story thinking of themes first or what a certain character 'represents.' Maybe other writers do, but for me, it just starts with the characters and a certain emotion I want to convey. It usually isn't until I get deeper into a book and look back a bit that I start to see the themes, etc.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we're so advanced when it comes to watching narrative material. I mean, it's all we do is consume content all day long. So when a character walks onscreen, you immediately start making connections for that character: Is that a good guy? Is that a bad guy?
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actors usually respond to minor aspects of their own character or things that even feel disparate from themselves.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most actors will tell you this - I don't really know how to connect, empathize with, or make worthy of any revelation a character that doesn't have love in there somewhere, that doesn't have an idealism or an empathy in there somewhere.
- World
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- Nov 07, 2020