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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I once played a character called Mr. Jonathan in something called 'Razzle Dazzle.' I was a choreographer of children's pageants. That was something I never imagined doing. It did great in Australia.
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'Death In Paradise' is my dream job - a fascinating character, great scripts, superb cast, and shooting in the Caribbean with French catering.
- Collapsing
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It's very hard to play a hyperactive character all the time, I try my best, but I end up collapsing at the end of the day.
- Men
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I would say what Mad Men has taught me has been a super elevated evaluation of text in general, and understanding subtext, and understanding where a character comes from - what he means by this or by that.
- Mistakes
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There's no question that I've made mistakes along the way when you look at recruiting in terms of evaluations of players or character in an instance or two.
- Moment
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The way I navigate scenes is through what I perceive to be the emotional truth of the character: what he wants from moment to moment.
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One of the ways that you reveal character is by getting a character into a situation and seeing what they do.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
You get thought of in terms of your last job. So if my last job is that of a meat cleaver-wielding character, I will hardly be cast as some benign, older gentleman.
- Mind
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I'm a huge Emile Zola fan, and when Bill Gallagher said he was writing a new character for 'The Paradise' and had me in mind for the role, I knew I wanted to play Tom Weston before I'd even read a word of the script.
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There's something to be said for a likable character, but fiction has a way of upending our ordinary standards.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not set myself up as an advocate of the woman's right doctrine, but would rather appear in the character of a quiet lady expressing her sentiments, not so much to the public as to her immediate friends.
- People
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Some people, they don't get a few takedowns, they start getting nervous, and they fade. That's just not in my character.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I read, I don't need a character to look like me, act like me, or think like me. I don't need to have my heart broken. I don't need to be surprised or amused or challenged, and I don't need to swoon.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I need, as a reader, is a character with a heart and a voice and a pulse. I need a character so vivid and so specific that she doesn't feel like fiction.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
And a pick and roll in the women's game is a pick and roll on the men's game... I mean, character, working for each other - trusting your teammates. That stuff, that's universal.
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- Nov 07, 2020