Top 1200 Real Character Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

Kenny G is not real jazz. I don't even think Wynton Marsalis is real jazz. I don't think Harry Connick Jr. is real jazz. If there is such a thing as real jazz, The Lounge Lizards is real jazz, Henry Threadgill is real jazz, Bill Frisell is real jazz, you know?

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

Jekyll is quite me: young man; polite. But being able to play Hyde was quite fun, to create a character that's nothing like me. I quite enjoyed creating a new character like that: he had a different voice; physicality; mannerisms. Everything had to be thought about. It was a real challenge.

I think one's character on the athletic field does not have to have anything to do with the way they are in real life.

I've come to realize that real growth of character takes place in the valleys of life.

Copiousness and simplicity, variety and unity, constitute real greatness of character.

Jesus Christ said more about money than about any other single thing because, when it comes to a man's real nature, money is of first importance. Money is an exact index to a man's true character. All through Scripture there is an intimate correlation between the development of a man's character and how he handles his money.

When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world. When I'm not at my desk, the rest of the time, I try to stay in that character and see the world the way that character would It's almost like method acting in a way — keeping the character close the way the actor keeps a script close and always tries to be in character.

Playing a real-life character is definitely a lot more responsibility than one that is fictionalized.

My job is to allow the character to live and breathe - and become as real to the reader as he or she is to me.

I never like to judge the character. I just have to leave my feelings of pity, or fear, about a character - whatever I feel towards the character, I try to leave to one side. It's good to have them, but it doesn't help me. I can't act those things. I just to play the character as truthfully as I can.

It wasn't like this happy-go-lucky experience, shooting Norman movie. It was something I kind of had to, sort of dedicate a certain level of focus and energy to kind of just stay in this headspace that would allow me to access - because it's also a very emotional movie at times. This was the first time I ever played a real character, a fully fleshed out, dimensionalized, multi-faceted character, as opposed to a part. There's not very much opportunity for somebody of my age and my look, so for a character-driven piece like this to come along is a rare thing.

Believe it or not, every Marvel character is someone's favorite character. There's a fan out there who absolutely believes that their character should have their own television show.

I think when you write an enigmatic character into a film, you have to have real confidence that the audience are going to go with it.

It's interesting to play a real-life person who has already been a character on 'Saturday Night Live.'

We have to be able to use our imaginations to make the character's experiences real to us.

I can't not have something attached to like what actually happens in real life. Like I can't do a romantic comedy without there being something where like, in the case of Annie Hathaway's character, her character ends up having Parkinson's, you know? To me, I feel like that's love, you know? Like to me. So every movie has to have that kind of sense of that.

You cannot have the career I'm having, staying at Real Madrid for seven years, without character.

I think it always helps when you build a character, and then, you actually step into that character's wardrobe, something else happens. Another angle of the character comes to life.

When you are writing a character, what the character says is obviously crucial. But what the character doesn't say is absolutely as important as his words.

'My character wouldn't do that.' That was always my favorite thing people say: 'My character wouldn't do that.' I said, 'Well, it says right here in this script your character does that.'

Not on the stage alone, in the world also, a man's real character comes out best in his asides.

I don't mind being the center of attention as a character but in real life it's not for me.

It's very tough playing a real life character in a controversial story.

The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty.

A woman can be demure, lady-like and the most prim and proper character, and still have a toughness and resiliency as apparent as a superhero-type female character or a warrior or soldier type. It's all about the story, the character, and the course of events in that piece of work and how that character is presented.

When you play a character, you bring yourself into the character. You get a chance to shine and show your translation for the character and her state of mind.

To me, the real marks of beauty in a woman are courage, character, kindness, and personality.

It's really an organic sort of process. You start off with the character on the page. You fall in love with that character and you have to represent that character well and I think it's just an evolution there. Using the accent and speaking the lines with the accent in fact opens the door to who the character really is.

If I'm not clear with the character, I can't do anything with it. But once I get that character, the possibilities are endless. When you have such a defined character, I feel like I can actually read the phone book and make it funny.

I'm very interested in people, so if a character happens to be real, there's that much more to look at.

In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.

I do not morally judge any character and resist judging anybody in real life, too.

I can't act, and so I have to live that particular character in my real life and then exhibit it on screen.

sometimes knowing when to give up is the real test of character... -annabelle granger

I am playing the character of Sanjana in 'Race 3' and it is very a dark character in the initial phase of the film but towards the end, it gets transformed into a positive character.

I always find the more you can draw on real life characters, people, situations, it works better. Certainly for designing a character, I prefer to draw on real people rather than other guys I've seen in movies, rather than 'here's my version of Clint Eastwood' or whoever.

When you're the guy inside of a character and you've lived with it for almost two years, you're always a bit defensive about the character, and you want to root for the character you're playing.

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.

Taking on an iconic character is difficult, sure, people associate different actors with a character that you're playing, but there's something in rehearsing and developing a new character.

Play is always a fantasy, but once you get into the frame, it is quite real, and everything you do is real. You put acres and acres of real movement and real action and real belief in it.

If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.

The house, while sound in wind and limb, was described as being of 'no character.' We didn't think then that it had anything but character, rather sinister perhaps, but definitely character.

I discovered that there was no difference between playing a real-life character and a fictional one.

I'd rather be real in the ring then someone who is trying to play a character.

As long as I can wear a wig I can be any character, and in real life I can be myself.

When people come in the door and they have something, discovering and exploring the character is a real joy.

My character in 'Shakuntala Devi' is based on a real person, her daughter Anupama Banerjee.

The real property that a parent can transmit to all equally is his or her character and educational facilities.

My character should not be ordinary, cliched, and if I feel that it's difficult to do this character, I take up that challenge to get into his character.

The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.

Character, character, character. First, second and third ... we were pretty rusty initially. When you have a break for a few weeks you get a bit of rust.

The biographical novel sets out to document this truth, for character is plot, character development is action, and character fulfillment is resolution.

We're very sure to stay in character, to experience the Sharknado as though it was real. That's what acting is.

Things happen. You just have to accept it and move on. I get that from my dad. He's a real chilled character.

The actors I respect are the real character actors, who are the real chameleon actors that completely change from role to role. I love Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness and Gary Oldman. They tend to be British, I guess. People who really disappear and transform, I really like that.

The first thing that happens is the cleansing of the former character. I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there is usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character played prior to the movie. Then you want to think about what the character represents, and you write down all of the elements about this character and then take the time to find some synchronicity and start breathing the character.

I'm a real geek. I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.

That's your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.

It was a tricky part to play, because Herriot is both a fictional character and a real person.