Quotes About Character

I don't really think it matters if you go into stage or TV as long as you do a bit of character work, really.

Work is one of the best educators of practical character.

I come from the theater, and I've done a lot of character work in the theater, but Hollywood stuff in film and TV, they've been more leading lady/ingenue type roles.

[T]he judicious reader ought to know what the chief character in any work of the imagination will naturally perform, according to the situation he is thrown into, as well as doth the author himself.

The way I sometimes approach my work, when I look at a script for the first time, is to identify what the archetypes are and what the writing is trying to do in that context.

There's the acting side of it so you work with a coach. Dissect a script. If it's a character, then obviously a character study. Just depends on if there is training needed.

Even if you know a character really well, there's no formula for what jokes will work and what won't.

We are more than the work we perform. In fact, I'd say that our work is a mere representation of who we are underneath.

Being an arrogant braggart just doesn't work for me. (Devyn) You should try it. It really does grow on you, trust me. (Adron)

It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.

Sometimes you choose the wrong actor, he could be the best actor ever, but hes not cast in the right part then it doesnt work.

Greatness is a matter of a moment. Goodness is the work of a lifetime.

To work on great material, what you really end up working on is yourself, your own humanity.

I'd like to find whoever taught the Stump that extra work builds character and push him down the stairs," Neal told Kel at lunch.

I'm excited to work on something where I have a bit more time with it, to explore one personality. That's definitely exciting to me.

I could not live by literature if only to begin with, because of the slow maturing of my work and its special character.

Acting, it's the disappearance of self, disappearance of your own needs and your own wants and the kind of embracing of the character that makes it work.

Do the work. Create the character, don't wing it and don't hope for an award or the Red Carpet. At the end of day the people who stay in the line the longest are the people who are good.

No man can make good during working hours who does the wrong thing outside of working hours.

Integrity is hard work. I do think the Internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity, but it's easier just to perform.

A noble minded person is not an implement.

Values reflect what is important to the way you live and work.

Virginity comes standard. A good head is earned.

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