I lost 30 pounds to play my character in 'The Mexican', but people don't take to skinny mafia men, and I don't… — James Gandolfini Copy Share Image
Luck was something you either earned or invented through strength of character. You had to come by it honestly; you could not… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
Many of the traits in my characters are exaggerations of things I see in myself. But in 'How Should a Person Be?'… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
I have a cheat-sheet for each one of my characters about their personality, the way they look, etc. So there is no… — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
Let's face it: Amanda Tapping's shoes are difficult to fill. She's a great actress and a popular character on 'Stargate'; she's just… — Robert Picardo Copy Share Image
I'd love to do a character with a wife, a nice little house, a couple of kids, a dog, maybe a bit… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I've heard people say you have to love the characters you play. I don't feel that way. I've played a lot of… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
In drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different… — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
I've always used masks. I think it's a lot about the fact that masks often reveal a sort of subconscious element to… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
Conscience is doubtless sufficient to conduct the coldest character into the road of virtue; but enthusiasm is to conscience what honor is… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
He was the meekest of his sex, the mildest of little men. He sidled in and out of a room, to take… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Mr. Tulkinghorn, sitting in the twilight by the open window, enjoys his wine. As if it whispered to him of its fifty… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“I had ceased to be a writer of tolerably poor tales and essays, and had become a tolerably good Surveyor of the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I don't think I could play a character that I couldn't relate to somehow. I'm not unfamiliar with frustration, anger, shame, helplessness… — Terry O'Quinn Copy Share Image
“With a determination to achieve the highest aim For the benefit of all sentient beings, Which surpasses even the wish-fulfilling gem, May… — His Holiness the Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“It will readily be understood that Nechludoff’s influence caused me to adopt his bent of mind, the essence of which lay in… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
According to me, a leg-spinner is such a character who, on his day, can win the match for you if he is… — Imran Tahir Copy Share Image
When I talk about character work, I don't really feel like i do much as an actor when I look at other… — Alex O'Loughlin Copy Share Image
Acting is very much like a child making believe. I'm not one to become a character, but I fall in love with… — Lusia Strus Copy Share Image
It's hard to predict what will happen as reading on screen becomes more of a universal norm, and when the formats dictated… — Michael Bierut Copy Share Image
A player's character is a crucial factor I look into before committing to signing them. They also need to show a willingness… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
“Any noble cause will encounter its share of setbacks. The strength of that cause is measured in how the men who fight… — D.B. Jackson Copy Share Image
Going into an audition or putting yourself on tape, it's not the easiest thing to do especially because an audition is usually… — Eva Marie Copy Share Image
The minute you watch your voice back with its proper animated character saying the words, that's when you learn exactly what you… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
A piece of drapery is like a necktie, hot stuff to paint, and one of the easiest things for a painter to… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
I think that what is exciting to us about 'Robocop' was this idea of a character who's finding himself and finding his… — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
The Bible tells us that the sins of the fathers are passed to succeeding generations. The virtues of the fathers can be… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
I like jokes and one-liners. I enjoy entertaining and making people laugh, being the funny man. But when I'm launched into unfamiliar… — Keith Flint Copy Share Image
Romeo is the most misunderstood character in literature, I think. He's hardcore to play because he's displaying the characteristics of Hamlet at… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
Honestly, I don't go out of my way to see animated movies. I'm mostly influenced by.. the films I tend to like… — Chris Wedge Copy Share Image
For me, the dialogue is the easiest part of writing. It just always seems so obvious what a character will say. Maybe… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I hadn't even watched '24' before, and the audition was kind of far away. When I got the material, there wasn't a… — Mary Lynn Rajskub Copy Share Image
I did not make any specific statement in 'Madras' and did what the character demanded. 'Kanithan' was an entirely new concept that… — Catherine Tresa Copy Share Image
“I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
For me, what I really want to come out of it is to show people that I can hold together a movie,… — Kaley Cuoco Copy Share Image
The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
“Our morals came from our mothers ... we don't notice them when we were babies ... but they were eventually embedded ...… — Joey Lawsin Copy Share Image
Period dramas have their own challenges. One must work hard to ensure that you don't just embrace the character you are playing,… — Mohit Raina Copy Share Image
Every man should be considered as having a right to the character which he deserves; that is, to be spoken of according… — James Mill Copy Share Image
