- Choice
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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
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought depression was the part of my character that made me worthwhile. I thought so little of myself, felt that I had such scant offerings to give to the world, that the one thing that justified my existence at all was my agony.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
There comes a point in any project where you have to say - whether you like or understand the character, or the whole play for that matter - 'I believe!'
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
The audience has its own gestalt, and it becomes another character - a character that changes each night.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to be able to use our imaginations to make the character's experiences real to us.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is so exciting to me. It's a thrill; otherwise I wouldn't do it. Not to be hokey, but I think life is definitely worth living, whether you're working or not. For an actor, the character is the thing... it doesn't matter what medium you're in. as long as you have something to do.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd never thought much about a series, because I liked the idea of picking a script I liked with a character I thought I could sustain for an hour. In a series, you live with one character day in and day out - and you only hope it will be one that will not drive you crazy.
- Over
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a character's and let his perceptions take over.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
And at NYU, I went to the Atlantic Theater Company, and they have two main points. One of them is to always be active in something instead of just feeling it. And the other is figuring out your character.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think part of the fun of being an actor is getting to work with different directors and seeing their take on it, what they're passionate about. They all have different ideas about your character.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The English tradition offers the great tapestry novel, where you have the emotional aspect of a detective's personal life, the circumstances of the crime and, most important, the atmosphere of the English countryside that functions as another character.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I seen him break his cool, lose his composure, or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020