--- title: "12 Taking Character Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Taking Character quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Taking Character sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31a/jason-dohring-35841_character_i-love-the-creating-part-of-taking-on-a_847960.png" --- > [I love the creating part of taking on a character. It is fun to BE another person and create what it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-dohring/i-love-the-creating-part-of-taking-on-a-character-it-is-fun-to-be/) [Jason Dohring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-dohring/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31a/jason-dohring-35841_character_i-love-the-creating-part-of-taking-on-a_847960.png) > [I like taking a character at the most intense moments of their lives and exploring all that in full and then moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-iles/i-like-taking-a-character-at-the-most-intense-moments-of-their-lives/) [Greg Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-iles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ceb/greg-iles-4609_character_i-like-taking-a-character-at-the-most-in_2151531.png) > [What you BECOME on earth matters far more than what you DO. You're taking your character to heaven, not your career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/what-you-become-on-earth-matters-far-more-than-what-you-do-you-re/) [Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/621/rick-warren-230_career_what-you-become-on-earth-matters-far-mor_398967.png) > [Acting always affects every part of your life because it's such a solitary, lonely, and thrilling circumstance that you're taking on someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-grey/acting-always-affects-every-part-of-your-life-because-it-s-such-a/) [Joel Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-grey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ea/joel-grey-7578_acting_acting-always-affects-every-part-of-your_2025167.jpg) > [I've watched my mom take a plain piece of paper and create something beautiful out of it, and I think that kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elena-kampouris/i-ve-watched-my-mom-take-a-plain-piece-of-paper-and-create-something/) [Elena Kampouris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elena-kampouris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/elena-kampouris-42979_beautiful_i-ve-watched-my-mom-take-a-plain-piece-o_345040.jpg) > [The thing that intrigued me about 'Breaking Bad' from day one was the idea of taking a character and transforming him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/the-thing-that-intrigued-me-about-breaking-bad-from-day-one-was-the/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/vince-gilligan-12018_about_the-thing-that-intrigued-me-about-breaki_284740.jpg) > [When you start and you're taking the character seriously, it's going to lead down a variety of paths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-hurwitz/when-you-start-and-you-re-taking-the-character-seriously-it-s-going/) [Jon Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-hurwitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50b/jon-hurwitz-43014_character_when-you-start-and-you-re-taking-the-cha_2900603.jpg) > [Acting has always been something I've wanted to get into. I think the best models are actors; you're taking on a character.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liberty-ross/acting-has-always-been-something-i-ve-wanted-to-get-into-i-think-the/) [Liberty Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liberty-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c94/liberty-ross-20026_acting_acting-has-always-been-something-i-ve-wa_577445.jpg) > [I enjoy catching our show whenever I can. It does get very weird to watch myself, it's always been that way, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lafferty/i-enjoy-catching-our-show-whenever-i-can-it-does-get-very-weird-to/) [James Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lafferty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/james-lafferty-24794_always_i-enjoy-catching-our-show-whenever-i-can_1591723.jpg) > [Take myself as a good-will ambassador. I'm great - I'm taking myself as a character - for the intellectuals and the man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/take-myself-as-a-good-will-ambassador-i-m-great-i-m-taking-myself-as/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/orson-welles-1628_ambassadors_take-myself-as-a-good-will-ambassador-i_2141469.jpg) > [There's a kind of chemical spark that comes sometimes with the character, that you don't even have to think about how she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludivine-sagnier/there-s-a-kind-of-chemical-spark-that-comes-sometimes-with-the/) [Ludivine Sagnier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludivine-sagnier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/ludivine-sagnier-22506_character_there-s-a-kind-of-chemical-spark-that-co_755148.jpg) > [I love taking a character and raining holy hell down on them and seeing how they respond, how they react. It's one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-crouch/i-love-taking-a-character-and-raining-holy-hell-down-on-them-and/) [Blake Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-crouch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea6/blake-crouch-2197_books_i-love-taking-a-character-and-raining-ho_1381045.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/taking-character/#itemlist", "name": "Taking Character Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love the creating part of taking on a character. 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