Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

Go without a coat when it's cold; find out what cold is. Go hungry; keep your existence lean. Wear away the fat, get down to… — Henry Rollins
I try to master every facet of a character in order to build a safety net for myself, so I can go on to take… — Jim Parsons
If Nick Broomfield never found anyone with affection for Courtney Love, it's only because he conspicuously avoided the countless friends, colleagues and fans who appreciate… — Edward Norton
People were confused by me, and at first I was auditioning a lot for the crazy characters or the victim, someone who'd been attacked. Which… — Jessica Chastain
It's a fact, the majority of films in Hollywood are from the male perspective. And the female characters, very rarely do they get to speak… — Jessica Chastain
I don’t mind if the character is a small character, but I would just like her to have a journey in the film. Sometimes the… — Jessica Chastain
The female love interest is boring to me. A female that's interesting, smart, funny - that's what I'm drawn to. I wouldn't say that every… — Aubrey Plaza
I'll never approach a part in the same way again. Piaf taught me so much. In terms of my work, I think I'll enjoy it… — Marion Cotillard
I wanted to make a fan film for a character I've always loved and believed in - a love letter to Frank Castle & his… — Thomas Jane
You want to try and bring a character to life in an honest a way as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether he's a… — Scott Bakula
I'd like to play characters who are older - I don't want to be playing 14-year-olds too much longer — Alison Lohman
I came across awful characters when I got some kind of status and came to Hollywood. Then you have directors trying to sleep with you,… — Stacey Dash
There's something therapeutic about nudity. Clothing is one of the external things about a character. Take away the Gucci or Levi's and we're all the… — Kevin Bacon
Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested. Even the… — Matthew Macfadyen
No matter who the characters are, you can strip them down and find small universal truths. — Jena Malone
My character, Taylor McKessie, is a little bit brighter in the math and science department than I am... okay, a lot. — Monique Coleman
Well, usually when I finish one character, I'm looking for a role that's really different. — Piper Perabo
I can understand in some sense, having played the character, how unimaginably frustrating it is for people to tell you that you can't love who… — Piper Perabo
I feel very fortunate to be an actor on a network whose tag line is Characters Welcome and not Procedurals Welcome. — Tim DeKay
Doing 'White Collar,' quite often my character goes undercover, so therein lies the compounding of the imagination. I get to play Peter Burke and then… — Tim DeKay
I'm just really thankful to have the chance to portray a character you don't see every day. — Regina King
I always would be happy to make a character even more unlikable, but you know, there's a limit and if you go there, you get… — Paul Giamatti
You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them. — Laura Carmichael
I’m quite flirtatious with anyone. Some people, because I’m playing a gay character, get quite nervous. And I have to reassure them. I’m like, ‘I’m… — Rob James-Collier
I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if you're playing the… — Ronny Cox

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