- Experience
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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
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's too easy to sum up a person's character in one negative instant, and it doesn't put anything good out into the world.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to put on any gimmicky layers just to give the character more definition. I just want to play good characters. It doesn't matter to me if it's 'open ethnicity' or 'specifically Asian.'
- Relationship
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never like to sit and discuss my character, the other character, our relationship, or anything like that. I feel like if I did my job and I trust that the other person has done theirs, you just go on set, play around with it, chew the scene for a little bit; then we roll, and that's it.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
As actors, sometimes we want our character to go somewhere different than it goes, but that's being an actor.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got a massive actor girl crush on Carey Mulligan, so I'd love to be buddies with her. She just oozes this joyful, natural innocence and always brings a nice emotional depth to her character.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a fast writer, and I find the process of writing a first draft to be painful and frustrating. Usually, I start with a character, a premise, and some image that gives me a particular feeling.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been lucky to meet some incredible people who do not possess what you would traditionally class as power, but through their charisma, passion, and strength of character, they are able to achieve things that 'richer or more powerful people' could only dream of.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a leading lady character actor; I don't fit in one slot simply. I've always been used to a certain amount of struggle, and that prepared me wonderfully for a mature age.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Ada in 'The Piano' is the most interior character I've ever had the chance to play, either on the stage or in anything I've done for film or TV.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
A job in the television industry does not come with a guarantee. Your show might be axed, your character may get killed or you might be replaced.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are so many roles that actors like Nawazuddin Siddiqui or Manoj Bajpayee or Irrfan have done. And they make every character iconic. They are the masters of their art... I want to be like that.
- Hit
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many factors that make a serial hit or flop, but what is important is the character.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I won't mind playing a baddie if the character is exciting.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020