Quotes About Character

I would say that SpongeBob, at his core, is this optimistic, loving best friend. Getting to play him every day has sort of rubbed off on me and improved my life.

You'd be naive if you think you are going to retain any control once you option a character to TV.

The first role I played was Madame Ranevsky in 'The Cherry Orchard.'

And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?'

You come across quite ordinary, nondescript people in daily life, and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage, too.

My character should not be ordinary, cliched, and if I feel that it's difficult to do this character, I take up that challenge to get into his character.

The nuances and organic characteristics of a character become second nature if I'm doing my job well.

The way I write my shows, every character is its own organic thing. No character has a life at all until I see it played by somebody.

When you are living a character, the emotional graph comes pretty organically.

It's true that 'Lords of the Sith' has a lesbian character. Her orientation is a characteristic in the same way as is her brunette hair. It just fit with my conception of her.

In the film 'Paisa' my character can't be called glamorous. It's more performance oriented.

Most of the names in my books have secondary meaning. Sometimes they foreshadow; sometimes they tell you about the character's origin or back story.

I'm a big fan of when you model a character as someone with a biological origin, doing deep dives and a lot of research.

Unapologetically, absent me, there is no Deadpool. Period. I am the name, the costume, the look, the origin, and the attitude. Great one-liners are the result of other writers. But there's no Deadpool at all in existence without me.

Nagini should be played by an Asian. Scriptwriter J.K. Rowling probably searched for an Asian actress because she researched the origin of Nagini.

Originally they wanted me to be Buster but I really like the Tobias part.

Originally when I went off to work on 'The Lord of The Rings' I got a call from my agent saying that I was just going to do a voice. But I couldn't really approach it like that. To get Gollum's voice I had to play the character.

I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.

I suppose I am a bit of rough. I'm originally from Coolock: I'm rough around the edges.

Matthew's all right. Originally, I wanted Errol Flynn, but McConaughey should be good as Dirk Pitt.

How Jamie Tartt came to be Jamie Tartt was that he was originally Dani Rojas - but not as we know him now because Cristo Fernandez is Dani Rojas. They saw Cristo Fernandez and went, okay, we're going to make a character and we'll find a name for him.

New Orleans is great for a lot of the old-school charm and character.

The building's identity resided in the ornament.

Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.