- Pleasure
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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
- Capture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the years, I have been approached about making Ramona into a cartoon or movie, but I was afraid that no one could really capture the spunky character of Ramona.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ramona was originally an accidental character I added to the Henry Huggins books because I noticed that none of the characters had siblings. I added Ramona as Beazus' pestering little sister.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Playing Etta James in the movie 'Cadillac Records' really changed me. It was a darker character, and I realized that if anything is too comfortable, I want to run from it. It's no fun being safe.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel that a heroine or a leading character is someone who stays back with you, and I would like to believe that all my characters have stayed with people.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, can I really create a full, three-dimensional character? I don't know anymore. I'm certainly going to try.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Listen, I'm always going to defend my character, even when she's doing something that I don't approve of, because that's what you have to do to love them and play them.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think most character people that you talk to, it's like, whatever they offer us, we are thrilled to do. I won't do anything that's immoral or illicit. I did turn down eating a dead body once. I turned down a few really creepy horror movies. For the most part, I can usually find a way into whatever character.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a bug on acting, which distinguishes Second City from a lot of other revues. It comes from the character, the behavior, and not from the jokes. I don't think jokes are funny. Humor comes out of character and out of situations the character is in.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I shoot, I try to feel the body and the face and the weight of the actor, because the character until that moment is only in the pages of the script. And very often, I pull from the life of my actors. I'm always curious about what these characters and these actors are hiding about their lives.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm naturally going to react to that and he'll bring out elements in my musical character that were lying dormant, because I'm relating what he's playing.
- American Movies
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- Nov 07, 2020