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.
In many ways, acting is really like a science to me to figure out the human behavior of any character that I'm playing.
When I'm hired just to be an actress, I don't have to worry about anything else but showing up on set, making sure I know my lines and making sure I know what I'm bringing to the character. When I'm...
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I just want to play strong characters, whatever that is in. For me, television is where it's at. You get to play a character for a long period of time, and you get to dig deep. It's a home to...
It's definitely hard to say good-bye to a character that you've played for a long time.
I like living with a character for a really long time and what can open up with that.
Our productivity in the kingdom of God is directly related to our character and our Christ-likeness.
There is a shy side to me that evaporates when I play on stage, and I like that. I think it's another facet of my character, and I need to do that.
With all due respect to 'The Vampire Diaries,' doing the same thing, over and over again, for essentially five years straight, it really becomes laborious and tedious, and it becomes a job. You obviously find gratification in acting, but you're...
As far as the destiny of the character, I just play them until they're gone. I try not to get too involved.
Ultimately, you change the culture in Washington only one way, and it's one election at a time, with the character of the people you send.
Whatever I'm working on, the character I'm playing tends to slowly bleed into my own real life. Not in any kind of creepy, Method actor-y kind of way - it's just an innate kind of merging.
It's true that 'Lords of the Sith' has a lesbian character. Her orientation is a characteristic in the same way as is her brunette hair. It just fit with my conception of her.
Sometimes, a writer 'character' is just a projection of a person who is writing the story, but not necessarily 'me.'
Andy was a character, and the two of us did have some things in common. We appreciated funny things, didn't like serious things.
Once again, the 'New York Times' has chosen to purposefully ignore facts and professional journalism to fit their political agenda, choosing to attack my character and reputation rather than present an honest report. The suggestion that I accepted cash payments...
As an opinion manager, a campaign consultant, fixing personality negatives is a lot easier than fixing character negatives.
You can't change somebody's character, but you can change the way a person presents themselves.
The car is a character in the piece - I've never liked the car, I submitted to it's objectionable popularity.
I feel it's very important to let individual writers' voices come through. But the character has to be consistent.
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What different meanings of "character" appear on this page?
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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.
