Characterization Quotes

35 quotes by 33 authors

Philosophy is the product of wonder. The effort after the general characterization of the world around us is the romance of human thought. — Alfred North Whitehead
One thing about beginning writers is that they don't really always know their own strengths and weaknesses - you might think you're bad at characterization,… — Jeff VanderMeer
Now, learning how to make a movie is something you can figure out in about an afternoon. The physics of it, the marks, the lights,… — Tom Hanks
The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. — Alfred North Whitehead
One of the reasons for its success is that science has a built-in, error-correcting machinery at its very heart. Some may consider this an overbroad… — Carl Sagan
He defined me first, as parents do. Those early characterizations can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail against… — Kelly Corrigan
Dwarves are not heroes, but a calculating folk with a great idea of the value of money; some are tricky and treacherous and pretty bad… — J.R.R. Tolkien
When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors' characterizations; but if you do, only… — Michael Caine
I think my wife would take objection to any characterization of me as perfect. — Peter Blair Henry
Despite the characterization of some that teaching is an easy job, with short hours and summers off, the fact is that successful, dedicated teachers in… — Andreas Schleicher
I love working fictional characters into a piece of history. It plays to my strengths, which are characterization and dialogue, and assists me in my… — Laurie Graham
The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate… — George Pierce Baker
When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself, we… — George Pierce Baker
I went home and did some rehearsing to satisfy my curiosity about whether I could play an Italian. I put on some makeup, stuffed Kleenex… — Marlon Brando
Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something. They are not just talking. They are alive; going through a drama in which they… — Tom Hardy

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