Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

When you throw punches at actors, you stop, you pull it, and it looks like you pulled it. When you throw punches at cartoon characters,… — Brendan Fraser
I always think of the word 'abandonment' when I think of the character. — Tilda Swinton
I don't like to intellectualize about my acting. I don't sit around and study the pages of a script over and over again. I don't… — Genevieve Bujold
The main thing in acting is honesty, to feel the humanity and get to the essence of the character. You can't put anything into a… — Genevieve Bujold
My experiences in life are getting bigger and better. The more stuff I do, the more stuff I talk about - having kids, traveling, going… — Kevin Hart
The less someone knows about me, the better, because my intention is to play a variety of characters. — Joaquin Phoenix
You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose. — Joaquin Phoenix
I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their… — Helen Mirren
One of the great things that you should never do that I learned from John Malkovich is to never judge your characters. — Jeremy Piven
It hurts that, you know, the media's made me into sort of this like punching bag or cartoon character-they think that I don't have any… — Paris Hilton
The critics had an image of me, and they wouldn't accept any other.. I was a cartoon character. A joke. — Ann-Margret
I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still… — Jodie Foster
As time goes on, I will play characters who get older: I don't want to be some Botoxed weirdo. — Jodie Foster
I really like Shakespeare a lot. The characters that he writes for females, I think, are really great and a lot more compelling than what… — Julia Stiles
With the story of your life, you dont get to write the whole book, just your character. — Olivia Munn
I think my character's getting to the point where he can't even eat spaghetti with red sauce anymore, where he has horrible nightmares, he can't… — George Eads
I loved my role on Who's the Boss? There is always some of me in every character that I play. — Judith Light
If you're playing the character, you could say to yourself in 16 different ways, What if that didn't bother me? What if I knew exactly… — Judd Hirsch
Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that. — Catherine O'Hara
George Lucas puts those types of characters in for the kids. Same with Jar Jar. — Peter Mayhew
It was amazing that during rehearsals, without any of the costume on, the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time, I didn't… — Peter Mayhew
My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able… — Martin Milner
I always believed in my characters. I lived them — Irene Dunne
I think I've spent so much time playing characters that are so far away from me and learning how to technically build and how to… — Josh Lucas
I'll look at the script and I'll try to find as many books, movies, and pieces of music that I think are going to feed… — Josh Lucas

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