Character Quotes

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I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor. — Steve Buscemi
I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part. — Steve Buscemi
I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City,… — Steve Buscemi
I don't really worry about the size of the part much any more. It's nice to have more time to work on the character, and… — Alan Alda
It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it doesn't look authentic. So I really want… — Alan Alda
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time. — George W. Bush
Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character. — George W. Bush
I get to experiment with a lot of looks with my character so that's really fun for me. It's like getting to paint a new… — Sophia Bush
In the initial season of a show, you're figuring out your character and their life and their background and you're putting together all the chapters… — Sophia Bush
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance. — Samuel Butler
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. — Samuel Butler
Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character. — Samuel Butler
Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people… — Gabriel Byrne
All of my characters have a glint of madness. — Nicolas Cage
Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an… — Nicolas Cage
I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs. — Nicolas Cage
I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies. — Nicolas Cage
I've gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next… — Nicolas Cage
The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes. — Nicolas Cage
At a young age, I was interested in comic books, which was really how I learnt to read. The name Cage came from a comic… — Nicolas Cage

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