Quotes About Character

that a Man's sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases

has by all reports got a character that would enable him to hide conveniently behind a spiral staircase.

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One is made by all the things around one. There are many things that have made one. For a writer to go around looking for things that have made him is asking for trouble. It's like giving a character to yourself. Can't do it. Can't do it. These things are just there. Is that enough?

'On the Road' is another one of those, a film in which the audience has a very clear idea of who they think your character is, so you know you are asking for it. But that's the challenge.

I think it's important to change and not be associated with your character too much.

I feel like people assume if a character is very different than you, that means it's difficult to get into their head or into their skin.

I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.

My interest in astronomy grew from the play 'Space' that I did, where I had to learn where my character was from. I had to study the stars and figure where everything was and how I got here and all of those things.

I'm not the best athlete.

When the material written is very good then half of your work is done by the writer itself. When there's a well-defined character written, then the attempt is to be as honest to the material as possible.

We do not attract what we want, but what we are.

I think you're always attracted by characters that are a little bit like you, or at least the worst parts of you that you can finally accept and say, 'All right, at least I know that now!'

The roles that I always get attracted to are roles where the material is based on an actual person.

Power in itself has never attracted me, nor has position been my goal.

I get attracted to projects because of the script or the idea and the basic character.

For me, power was never an attraction.

I'd like to be seen as a normal, attractive person with good values.

When acting, I can wear another person's clothes and act out the attractiveness of a particular character, which is very interesting for me. Singing is something I love as well.

My mind-set is my major attribute.

Arjun is very close to my heart, and even the audiences associate me with the character.

Every time I create a character, I don't assume they speak like I do, even if they're Australian.

I work really hard on every character and do everything in order to make it look authentic.

What people look for in their leaders is authenticity. You say, 'I'm not going to ask you to do anything that I'm not going to do myself.'