- Journey
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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.
- Ale
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- Nov 07, 2020
People sort of accuse Tolkien of not being good with female characters, and I think that Eowyn actually proves that to be wrong to some degree. Eowyn is actually a strong female character, and she's a surprisingly modern character, considering who Tolkien actually was sort of a stuffy English professor in the 1930s and '40s.
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, with a CGI character, you're building a character in much the same way as a real creature is built. You build the bones, the skeletons, the muscles. You put layers of fat on. You put a layer of skin on which has to have a translucency, depending on what the character is.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great thing about writing is that you always put yourself in the shoes of the character. If you're doing it right, you can see into the heart of all your characters. Usually, when there's a writing problem, it's because you aren't doing that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes a while to establish a character. Richard Boone once told me he didn't really get the character in 'Have Gun - Will Travel' until the 16th show. You just plant a seed, water it, let the sun shine on it, and hope it blooms.
- Nov 07, 2020
The whole thing was an actor's dream - getting a character that tickles you so much you can't wait to act as him.
- Nov 07, 2020
You don't become the character.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being on television, playing the same character for many years, for me, I think that would get a little tedious.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I immerse myself right into my character whether or not I'm relating to people live as an actor on stage or whatever.
- Feelings
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody's going to approach a character differently, depending upon what they bring to it on their own intellectual level or their feelings from their heart and soul.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020