- 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
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can alleviate physical pain, but mental pain - grief, despair, depression, dementia - is less accessible to treatment. It's connected to who we are - our personality, our character, our soul, if you like.
- Constructs
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I believe in the idea of 'normal' in the way that I believe in the idea of logic. Or the idea of character. All of these ethical constructs are just that: constructs.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I haven't scoured Dixie out of my voice. But I don't think that the books that I have written... have really in any way been Southern in character.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes you even start to sound like the character because you're living and breathing them every day on the set. It gets into your bones.
- Confused
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- Nov 07, 2020
It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I completely disagree with Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute on the need for dignity in the marketplace instead of the social safety net, but he is a very persuasive character.
- Situation
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to suspend disbelief a little bit to buy into your situation and to the story and to how the character will react. You have to tweak your credibility a little bit, is basically what it comes down to.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many things in common with my life and my character in 'American Crime.' My upbringing has definitely helped me out in this role.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's the texture of New York that people miss by filming elsewhere. There are layers and layers of character - even in the pavement - that you can't get anywhere else. And the speed that the people move. It's so different from other places.
- Exposition
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- Nov 07, 2020
Keep everything in context, and try to have each line doing more than one thing - not just giving exposition but also revealing character and history, etc.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a moment with 'Zootopia' where we said, 'This is the experiment: let's try Judy in the role of the protagonist. Let her character introduce us to the city and this world.' And suddenly, all that struggling and trying to make traction into this story was done.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020