Quotes About Character

What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.

No one has to be taught to trust in themselves. No one has to be taught that what you experience inside yourself is more authoritative than what comes to you externally, even if it comes from God. Since the Fall, it has been part of our character to look within ourselves.

I'm obviously interested in playing characters who have autonomy, who drive the story.

It seems so long ago that I played the part of the Doctor.

I was never really happy until I became 'Doctor Who'.

I didn't want to be Doctor Who in a 'Doctor Who' that I didn't like.

I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.

I can't just go in and throw clothes at a picture. I still have to have some kind of an idea of a character, of who she is, where she's from. It's almost like playing a child's game. You have your dolls, and you create characters for them. Fashion indulged that in me.

Domino is all about... as an actress and as the character that is going to be on the screen, you already allude to it: it's all about the sass.

Actually, I don't care how I look as long as I'm acting.

Donald Trump, you don't stand for our values.

Let's be clear: Donald Trump is a lewd, lecherous lowlife.

A lot of actors are like, 'Why do I do this? My character wouldn't do this? This doesn't make sense.' And in a comedy, you kind of just need to walk into the door.

I've always wanted to do a double role.

Dr. Aziz is a very deep and meaty part, a gift part for any actor.

My drag character is very dominant and domineering, and that's a quality that I am inspired by.

Part of an actor's job is to draw up a back story.

I think you have to draw from any character and bring it to yourself as much as possible.

If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings.

I don't like it when people dress up like Zim, because they look like Hulks.

I don't get dressed up as the character to go audition.

Seeing someone dressed up as your character is incredible.

I feel like I'm a character already, as in, like, I love dressing up.

I'm not the kind of person who goes into the dressing room and says: 'I'm the Guv here.' But maybe I give off the aura that I'm the kind of person who can be a big player.