- Patience
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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Big picture, it's amazing to create characters and see them brought to life in the art. And to love that art. But I especially enjoy writing a character with heightened powers that aren't especially useful to him.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm all about the story. If I like the character and I think the story's entertaining, I'll do it.
- Nov 07, 2020
They say everything you go through in your childhood builds character and inner strength.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes, there can be a slightly condescending assumption that anything unlikable about a female character is a mistake, as if they're a contestant in a beauty pageant and have to seem charming and upbeat all the time.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love books where you can fall in love with the character. And when I say fall in love, I don't mean to be so enraptured by them but to know them really deeply.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved 'Lobo' in the '90s, but I think that character is hard to connect with, especially for new readers.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reilly Brown is a master of balancing action, humor, and extreme violence, and his character designs for some of the alien races and technology that we encounter is just amazing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies. There's always the little guy who's the sidekick to the tall, good-looking guy who gets the girl.
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something about the way of playing a repellent character, that if you can play him with a certain amount of charm, you can get away with a lot.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch of them at once.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love when I get compliments on my shirts all the time. I'm a t-shirt guy, and I think nine times out of 10, they have some kind of super hero character on them.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been on the show for six years and I don't even know what her history is. I sort of make things up in my mind, but I think it's hard for an audience to follow and invest in a character when they don't have the details.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020