Character Quotes

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I remember one time that I was filming a scene in whych my character rides through Troy on a chariot. I just looked around at… — Orlando Bloom
Yeah, I mean the material, directors, the other cast, and if you think you can do something with the character then you do it and… — Orlando Bloom
I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on. — Emily Blunt
Every audience has its character; I like America - they love me. I suffer from stage fright, but in America not so much. — Andrea Bocelli
You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence. — William J. H. Boetcker
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the… — Napoleon Bonaparte
One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality. — Kenneth Branagh
I'm an actor who plays an intriguing character, not a political pundit. — Bjorn Borg
An employer of mine back in the '80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference… — Anthony Bourdain
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. — Christian Nestell Bovee
I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am. — Elizabeth Bowen
With proper acting, I don't know what I would play - I got sent a script for a play, and it said in the notes… — Jo Brand
I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that. — Jeff Bridges
What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up you kind of… — Jeff Bridges
I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a… — Jeff Bridges
Normally, I love to go to the movies and when I see a character portrayed by different actors at different ages, it kind of pops… — Jeff Bridges
Whenever I work on a part, I look at the world through the filter of the character and I pick things they might use through… — Jeff Bridges
My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the… — David Brin
I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a person… — Malin Akerman
If screenwriters have to kill off a female character, they love to give her cancer. We've seen so many great actresses go down to the… — Geraldine Brooks

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