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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.

A story and character are most important for me, not how I look, what clothes I wear, or what nail paint has been chosen for me.

Quotes by Shweta Tripathi

For me, playing characters is always about an energy and feeling it in your body. That's when I know that the character arrived.

Quotes by Sian Clifford

When I act, I try to understand the character, why she's behaving like that.

Quotes by Sibel Kekilli

If I prepare myself for a character, for a role, I always try to understand her.

Quotes by Sibel Kekilli

Every time when I start preparing my character for a movie, I always try to make up and create my own background story for the role in order to fill it with life.

Quotes by Sibel Kekilli

My character in 'Ivan Thanthiran' is in stark contrast to my role in 'U Turn.' Here, I play Asha, a hard working girl belonging to a middle-class background.

Quotes by Shraddha Srinath

My first film was a Malayalam film where I played a small character and then my big debut happened in Kannada, which is also my mother tongue, in 2016, 'U-Turn' and since then my life has taken a different turn...

Quotes by Shraddha Srinath

The great thing about 'Mirzapur' is that no one character is clear black or white, every character is working in a grey shade.

Quotes by Shriya Pilgaonkar

The first and foremost criterion for me when selecting a film is the character I am playing, and then the director.

Quotes by Shruti Haasan

You can transform into any character of any age. It's all in the mind.

Quotes by Shruti Haasan

I am neither a method actor nor a trained one. So, I don't generally prepare for any role. Becoming the character and being in that moment are most important.

Quotes by Shruti Haasan

I'm a character actor at heart.

Quotes by Shuler Hensley

I just let the character speak to me and things appear.

Quotes by Shirley Knight

We have to say now we think the character of the party has changed so far it will take something very exceptional, something really out of the ordinary line to make us be convinced there's a chance of winning back...

Quotes by Shirley Williams

Most of the roles I've had, usually the story's about how the man affects my character.

Quotes by Shiri Appleby

I try to create as many circumstances outside of set that help me fall into character when I get onto set.

Quotes by Shiloh Fernandez

It is tough for an actress to raise her voice on sexual harassment because the chances are they will question your character, they will ruin your career, and they will defeat you in the power game. So one has to...

Quotes by Shilpa Shinde

You have a good side and bad side, real side. Then I put that on in the ring. My character, my personality in the ring, came from heel stuff.

Quotes by Shinsuke Nakamura

I think writers have become hypnotised by the number of jokes on the page at the expense of character.

Quotes by Sherwood Schwartz

But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character.

Quotes by Sheryl Lee

Frequently Asked Questions

What different meanings of "character" appear on this page?
Several - literary character in the sense of a written character's moral dimension, the idea that one's politics and the character of their work are inseparable, the freeing quality of dialogue comedy, and even a scientific reference to the "duality of character" in matter and radiation.
Is there a quote about writing and moral character in fiction?
Yes, one quote discusses how everything in fiction ultimately comes down to the relationship between the reader, the writer, and the characters, questioning whether a character addresses moral being in an important way. For more, see the Characters page.
Is there a quote connecting politics and creative work?
Yes, one quote states a belief that "one's politics and the character of his particular work are inseparable," reflecting a radical viewpoint. Browse the Personality page for more on how personal outlook shapes expression.
Is there a quote about comedy writing and characters?
Yes, one quote describes finding it liberating that in dialogue comedy, the characters and what they say aren't the writer themselves - just fleeting thoughts and observations rather than stated truths. For more on how characters take shape, see the Character Development page.
Is there a scientific quote about "character" here?
Yes, interestingly - one quote uses "duality of character" to describe how matter and radiation sometimes behave like waves and sometimes like particles, applying the word in a scientific rather than literary sense. For more on how character is portrayed, check out the Characterization page.

Unusually, one entry borrows the word from physics, describing the dual wave-and-particle character of matter and radiation. Continue with Characters quotes or Character Development quotes.