Top 1200 Character Actors Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

To a large extent, people's interest in the character is the mystery of the character.

If you have a character named Captain America, he is, by default, a political character.

Breathing is always key in any character. When you have a character with no voice, that makes it even more important.

Look for players with character and ability. But remember, character comes first.

One of the ways that you reveal character is by getting a character into a situation and seeing what they do.

The greatest work in all the world is the building of men and women of character. Without character there is not much that is worthwhile.

When you're playing a character, I think it's always better not to judge that character.

The unfinished character of human beings and the transformational character of reality necessitate that education be an ongoing activity.

Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.

Remember what Bogie and my mother both used to say: 'Character is the most important thing. All that matters is character!'

I was working with actors who were very easy to work with, but I can just imagine how, with all the other decision-making problems that come up along the way, in addition to that, the whole point of what your doing is following performance and character development. You're building your story with those building blocks, and it is not easy. I've only come out with more respect for directors, from this.

If you're going to make a movie about a character who is a supervillain, it's fantastic to have a core sense of empathy for that character.

I think we all felt it on this movie - crew and cast. You never know when you're making a movie... no one is saying in the middle of Casablanca that this is going to be a classic. The lead actors had turned it down and I think they wound up with B-list actors at the time.

I think when you're playing a character in any film it's so crucial to have the costume that makes you feel like you're going to be that character.

My character in 'Casa de mi Padre' is an ambitious woman. I had never played that kind of character before.

As long as a character doesn't die, the character can always come back.

If you do a black character or a female character or an Asian character, then they aren't just that character. They represent that race or that sex, and they can't be interesting because everything they do has to represent an entire block of people. You know, Superman isn't all white people and neither is Lex Luthor. We knew we had to present a range of characters within each ethnic group, which means that we couldn't do just one book. We had to do a series of books and we had to present a view of the world that's wider than the world we've seen before.

I have about as much control over how I look as the guy who's short and looks more like a character actor - we both have the same drive to be actors and we both have the same drive to assume these different characters, it's just harder for me to get the chance because they look at me and say, 'Oh, he's this type,' and they stamp me.

I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day.

You never display your character more clearly than when you speak about the character of others.

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

Never does a man portray his character more vividly than when proclaiming the character of another.

You can't take a character anywhere they don't expect the character to go. But within those confines is where creativity lies.

My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring this character to life.

Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.

I don't have any room in my heart for that character [Kevin McCallister ]. I like the actor [Macaulay Culkin], but the character, no.

There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character.

A man cannot have character unless he lives within a fundamental system of morals that creates character.

Well, it's difficult to fall in love with a character when you just read the pilot. You don't really know who the character is.

I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.

All characters have a voice but not all voices have character. And it's all about character and personality.

A character is what he does, yes - but even more, a character is what he means to do.

I haven't had a lot of experience with glamour. I've never had to mask myself, as many now not-so-young actresses have had to do. Female actors in that regard have a different lot in life than male actors.

My take is that every character requires a different character to be cast.

It's a real challenge to have someone perform a character vs. imitate a character.

The truth is that, to me, a likeable character is a character that is really flawed, so I don't know what people mean when they say 'likable.'

Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.

It's one thing to be sitting at a drawing board, alone in your home and coming up with a fantasy character, and drawing her whichever way you feel like drawing, then dealing with a real performer. All of a sudden, things change. It's amazing, in working with actors, how much I learn from them and how many new lines will come to mind because of their personality or their strengths.

You draw the character from all angles - side, profile, back, etc. so the animator has this character in all the ways it looks like.

There's nobody who loves being around actors working more than David Mamet, especially actors bringing his tremendous dialogue to life. I've never seen a movie director who was happier to be directing a movie than Dave.

What makes a strong female character is a character who has weaknesses, who has flaws, who is maybe not immediately likable, but eventually relatable.

When I was growing up, there was a character on TV; there was a character stereotype: it was personified by Mel on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'

If you're writing about a character, if he's a powerful character, unless you give him vulnerability I don't think he'll be as interesting to the reader.

I don't know what the character is going to be. We sit down and we create a character, and all of the characters in all of my films are made like that.

You can't take a character anywhere they don't expect the character to go. But within those confines is where creativity lies

When you study a character, when you're making a film, you want to understand the character: like, what makes them tick?

Music or sound in a film is a character as important as another character.

Before you start production, you have characters you have created without actors in mind, then all of a sudden you've got actors. They bring an enormous amount in creating these characters, and creating the dynamics between the characters that you've written.

I think if you've held onto a character for several years and then you're getting rid of that character, it's going to be traumatic.

Winning takes character and intelligence. It is the most important thing you can do because it's a reaffirmation of your character.

When I become a character in a movie or drama... I can think about the character only and not the complicated matters of my own life.

Directing myself definitely made me a better actor. And, you know, I think actors have the best track record when they turn to directing. Writers, too. I knew how to direct actors because I've been there and I know what I like.

A clown's makeup and character, that's all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character.

Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can't have both, opt for character.

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.

You know, actors say, 'There are no bad roles, there are only bad actors.' Well, comedians, because they're also writers, believe that there are in fact bad roles.

I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor.

I strongly believe that when you are cast in a role, there will be similarity in the character and you - why else would you be chosen for the character?

You think football builds character. It does not. It reveals character.

It's always fun to layer a character, to make the character a little bit more dynamic than it is on paper.