Quotes About Character

I would rather be respected than elected.

I don't take roles I can't respect. If I can't find a reason to be respectful of the character, I won't do it because I couldn't do it justice.

My parents always told me to be respectful to anyone you meet and to live your life that way.

I was always myself and was respectful to anybody I was around in this business.

I find I have to respond to a character or a story to choose a job.

I am a director's actor. I love the environment of the set, I want to be there and I try to understand what or how the character would respond to certain situations.

I am very different to how people think I am. It's the characters I play that they are responding to.

When I'm writing a story, which takes me a year or more, I can feel my character living with me - they're responding to whatever funny, familial, or social situation I'm in, and I think about their responses constantly.

The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.

Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible.

Actors are responsible to the people we play.

The personality of a restaurant is very important.

I think when you play a negative character you cannot restrict yourself. You can go wild.

Honestly, playing negative roles is much more fun, because there are no restrictions.

When I came up with the character of Wicket for 'Return Of The Jedi', which was my first film, I was a kid of 11 years old, and I basically was playing a very young Ewok.

One of the ways that you reveal character is by getting a character into a situation and seeing what they do.

Well, I don't think characters change. I think they become more revealed. I don't think you really can change a character on a show.

A lot of actors, whatever movie you're working on, you make up a back story just for your own, to work off, even if the audience doesn't have it revealed to them. I think it's important that the audience makes up their own mind.

Watching somebody sing reveals a lot about character.

When I create a character, it happens in layers. The more I write and revise, the better I understand the characters.

President Trump's greatest political liabilities revolve around questions of personality and character.

We're getting rewarded. We don't give up on the play and we show some character at the same time, but there is a long way for us to get to where we want to be.

In a series, you have the luxury of time to establish the character and build a rhythm. In a TV movie, you've got to come up with the rhythm now. Right now.

If you're playing someone who's not like you at all, it's good to find music that is their rhythm and their energy.