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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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I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.
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I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long period of time.
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It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.
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What makes us love a character is a character that tries.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even with a stable character, you want something surprising to happen, hopefully because that's what the camera loves the most. That's what is great about film.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
My character in 'Running With Scissors' is manic-depressive. She starts out as a wonderfully eccentric person, and then descends into a terrible illness.
- Make
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What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character.
- Beginning
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The thing should have plot and character, beginning, middle and end. Arouse pity and then have a catharsis. Those were the best principles I was ever taught.
- History
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I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage.
- People
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Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.
- Heartbreaking
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- Nov 07, 2020
'One Day' is definitely heartbreaking in a few ways, but one of the main ways is that my character and Jim Sturgess's character are just people from two different worlds who love each other in so many ways and can't quite seem to get it together.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020