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.
When representation of the LBGT community was much more scarce in the media, I think there was some kind of pressure to encapsulate an entire community in a single character - this can often be a fast track to generalization...
I feel like I can see the music and can see how the character of the music actually flows. For me, that's music to my eyes.
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I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the same conception.
I take my time to understand the nuances of a character and prepare for a role, which is why I take time to do films. I work hard on myself to fit the character.
I grew up dancing, so that was always my first dream. But I also have a passion for acting. I would love to step inside of a character and be somebody that I'm not, because I feel like it just...
Writing a children's book means you cannot spin out long narratives or have complex character development.
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing.
With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in.
I loved 'Modern Family!' It was sort of the precursor to 'Trainwreck,' to that character. But I loved it. I had a great time doing it.
You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.
I don't base any character on a real person, and really don't do composites either. I make them up.
Sometimes, you don't know what's going to happen to your character until the night before you shoot the scene. So, sometimes, you get a great big surprise at the very last minute, which is scary sometimes. You don't have a...
Because Naughty Dog relies on their facial team to hand animate the faces of each game character and they do such a remarkable job, I think you can be more realistic with your acting. It gives the story and what's...
I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.
Even in stories that I like, with a female character that I love deeply, it always feels like there's something that she has to prove to the male characters before she can even get started.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What different meanings of "character" appear on this page?
Is there a quote about writing and moral character in fiction?
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Is there a scientific quote about "character" here?
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.
