Quotes About Character

I am confident in who I am.

During the Clinton administration, America's image was that of a strong, confident and kind world leader.

I don't think I can be a bright and fresh-looking actress. I am not really confident in that kind of character.

I don't think success makes one confident. I think it has more to do with character than circumstance.

I loved that about her because I knew it would open the door for a lot of comedy, because I knew that the conflict would come, because not many people live like the way she does.

As an actor, I'm always interested in my characters getting into trouble, because conflict is, you know, the great determiner of someone's mettle.

Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture.

It's funny when you know you're playing two characters and you're aware of how you have to play each one into your performance of the other. You're constantly at the back of your mind thinking and it all gets a bit confusing.

I don't really like simple characters too much; it's too easy. I like a challenge, and I like characters you connect with on screen.

I've found I sometimes have the best success working on characters I didn't really connect to right away.

I just read the scripts that come to me, and I see the ones which I really kind of understand and connect with, whether that's a science fiction or a period piece. It doesn't really matter as long as they're original and I have something to do with the character.

It's not in every film that you connect to the role.

You can find a connection with any Shakespeare role you play.

When we read a book, we have a blurry image that's kind of physical but blurry. But we have an emotional image also. We have an emotional connection to the character.

We knew that for E.T. to feel real, you had to have some connection to his eyes.

Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still has to be something inside of you that connects with the role, or else you will not be any good.

No one ever wants to see his or her name linked to anything bad. Conscience is like a baby. It has to go to sleep before you can.

I have a clear conscience and never let success get to my head. You know that when you achieve something, you can change the way you are very easily.

You're either a person with a conscience, or you're not. I think I've got quite a fine conscience.

I have always lived according to my conscience, and my past is clean.

With 'Law & Order,' I had to be very conscious of what I was doing. I didn't want to show too much character.

No, I don't miss the character of Akshara, but I cherish it. I will cherish it all my life. Leaving Akshara was a conscious decision of my life, and I was well prepared. When you are well prepared, then you don't miss, but you cherish it for a lifetime.

You have a chance to show your true colors through adverse times. You can make a conscious decision to change things.

Don't say things about people that aren't true... because there are consequences for that.