Quotes About Character

God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.

I try not to divide plot and character. I get to know a character by what they want and fear and how those internal forces play out in their lives.

I think every character I play has a physicality to them, so I have to stay in some sort of shape. I'll never be a size two. And I don't want to be a size two.

The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit... archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character.

I'm not in the business of making us look clean, but I don't want us to look like monsters either. I think there is a little bit of hero and villain in all of us.

Do one thing every day you don't want to do.

I try to always step up to the plate, be professional, be good at what I'm doing and deliver on the character. In Hollywood, what more can you ask for. You want a consummate professional.

If we are honest and fair, then we are known by that. If we are not, alas, we are known by that as well. What we want to do is do right, but you have to say it, you have to show it, and not stop.

Gamma rays are the sort of radiation you should avoid. Want proof? Just remember how the comic strip character "The Hulk" became big, green, and ugly.

For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand.

It's one thing to not want an evil-sorcerer type villain in your story, but it's another thing to avoid having any sort of antagonist at all. A story without an antagonist gets weird pretty quick.

My dad was a class person on and off the field. That's the person I want to be.

One of the things that would steer me away from a franchise is that I'm playing the same character all the time and I wouldn't want to be known for that.

When I can't get the character out of my head, and I'm in my bedroom and I start to actually act out the scenes that I've read in a script, I think okay, I really want to do this.

For me as a man, philosophically, when you talk about honor and integrity, thatÂ's the way I want to live my life. It moved me.

I'll no longer say that I have supernatural powers. I am an entertainer. I want to do a good show. My entire character has changed.

In the end, it's about what you want to be, not what you want to have.

You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be with you, want to provide you with the things you want in exchange for what you're giving to them.

This is America - you're allowed to say and do what you want and what you say and do defines who you are as a person.

A guy should be a guy. You don't want him to be too... shiny.

I try to keep my characters raising more questions than giving answers. I don't want to leave too much on the table. I want you to have your connection and your secret understanding of the character.

When you have an audience, and you have people who want to see your character and want to see you, it's really amazing.

An actor always wants to sink his teeth into something.

Our identification with Christ should be that whatever He is we also want to become.