Quotes About Character

Scripts that make characters a two-sentence description, I'm not interested in.

I'm not interested in nationality. Players are neither English, French, or any nationality. They are not young or old. They are stronger or not strong.

There's a certain amount of joy in playing a character in the moment and not knowing what's going to roll out as it goes on. It's a bit like life, in a way.

It works better if your lead character is complex and interesting and not perfect.

I think I'm a pretty moral guy, a very moral guy, but I'm not perfect.

When actors are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor.

Comedy historians take note: this Gottfried character doesn't have the best eye for detail - and, for a Jew, he doesn't have the best eye for retail, either.

Multifaceted and textured characters are always more intriguing to me. You never really just want to play one note. It becomes a bit monotone and boring.

I don't like to play characters that are one note, and just the attractive girl in the film.

If you think of the people who are funny in your life, you'll note it's not because they tell jokes, it's because of their character. If you develop characters, then you'll know them, and you'll know how they'll speak. The comedy will come out of the character.

The bane of every TV writer's existence is the likability note.

I didn't want Sadness to be just one note.

I make notebooks for characters, and it kind of becomes a bible.

I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character.

Sometimes the director will want you to write about the character, sometimes he'll want you to live in the location that the character is from or something like that, but I don't usually make a lot of notes or anything like that.

I can't imagine not playing Wynonna, because I get to play so many different things. In any given episode, I get drama and comedy and horror and all the notes of life, and very few shows or movies give you that opportunity.

Every day I need that confidence to get by. It ain't got nothin' to do with ball. It's who I am. It was instilled in me.

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

It's cool when people notice that you make an effort to live certain values.

I try to stay in line and not be a jerk. I've always been conscious that if I really screw up, people might notice.

In acting, while you play different roles, you begin to discover yourself and begin to notice life as you relate to the characters you represent.

If you'll notice, we don't have any real out and out jokes on 'Hogan.' Basically the program is drama.

I've noticed though that people will always assume you are the character you last played. I guess it's a compliment to playing your character convincingly.

I'm always astonished to see how badly people can behave when they think no one is noticing.