- Job
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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
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The character I created, 'Commissario Brunetti,' who appears in all my books, shares similar reading, artistic and musical tastes with me. Subconsciously, I knew that if I was to spend however long it would take to write this book with him, this man would have to be someone I'd like to have dinner with.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I kept bugging them about making it more upscale, because I felt Abby, through her cleverness and business sense, was a character who would move up. And that's what she did.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really not livable with when I'm rehearsing because I'm living the character.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bedrock of 'Being Human' has to be characters. I would hope that even if suddenly we had a huge budget per episode, the foundation of the show, and the thing that actually makes it what it is, is character.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once he became a series character, I made the conscious choice that he would never act like a series character, never wink at the reader, never pull his punches. Better for him, better for me.
- Writing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, if you're writing a thriller, you have to have your character in mortal jeopardy on page 1 or it's not a thriller.
- Cartoon
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not that I'm in the stage of my career where they're offering me parts in 'The Revenant,' but I try very hard to go through the audition process because I feel like I learn quite a lot about the character and the people I'm going to work with.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a media member, my goal is to inform the American fans of persons of character. It's a joy for me, either writing a good story or telling a story on video.
- Nov 07, 2020
The most fun part for an actor is the writing and the story and the character. That's very fulfilling.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I feel like my character was so much about being a problem-solver and a truth-seeker and always needing to get to the bottom of everything.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to do something different, or you are just the guy who goes out there and has a great match, but nobody cares. You have to have different layers to your character.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is something wonderful about turning up every day and knowing that not just the character but the whole movie kind of rests on your shoulders. And there's great satisfaction when you think it's going well and then real terror when you think it's not.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020