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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
- Integrity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every person has a different view of another person's image. That's all perception. The character of a man, the integrity, that's who you are.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love actors. I love working with actors. I really enjoy the process. I love having those in-depth discussions about the interior of their character, and actors really love to discuss that, too. I could talk about that for days with them. They love that, and I love that.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test.
- Celluloid
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to own a movie camera - a proper one, with film, not a digital thing. Celluloid has more character.
- Nov 07, 2020
I would have to say News Radio is the highlight of my career. I love the character so much.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's easier to play a dim character, for me, because I have a natural bent for comedy. It's not intrinsic for me to be crafty, so I would have to go outside for a source of origin. I think of myself as pretty dim.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every single song I've ever written is sung by a character created by somebody else. Some might have a jaundiced view of love, some don't. But none of these songs is me singing - not a single one.
- Nov 07, 2020
When you play a character you have to ask yourself, 'Can I make sense of what's happening here? Is this authentic?'
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always pushed back on doing long-form. I imagined SpongeBob as being simple, and I wanted to concentrate on character humor.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's amusing to watch a naive, well-meaning character kind of undo more cynical characters - kind of like watching Laurel and Hardy or Charlie Chaplin.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew I wanted to create a character who was nerdy and kind of square, so when I drew a square sponge, everything came together. And originally his name was SpongeBoy, but there we couldn't use that for trademark reasons.
- Derives
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- Nov 07, 2020