Quotes About Character

I find 'True Grit' to be one of the very best American novels: It is a rousing adventure story and deeply perceptive about the makeup of the American character.

Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.

I'm not perfect, I would never say that, I just believe that if I try my hardest to be consistent, show what I believe, and live it, most importantly, then that will hopefully shine through more.

I was just the perfect person to play the Mini-Me character.

Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing.

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of perfection as culture conceives it.

Well, you know, I mean, she was so wonderful, and she really played the role to perfection.

For any character, male or female, I think it's important to have... it's cliche to say a flawed character, but to really think about the good and the bad and make sure that both are present, and it doesn't just become a glossed over icon of perfection.

My basic mistake in 'The World's Greatest Lover' was that I made the leading character a neurotic kook and sent him to Hollywood. I should have made him a perfectly normal, sane, ordinary person, and sent him to Hollywood. The audience identifies with the lead character.

If you are supposed to be villainous and have some sort of agenda, I like the idea of delivering that kind of character in a perfectly well-mannered way.

I have played some wonderful leading roles on stage and had the whole 'China Beach' years where I really played a leading man on that. That was a fun change for a character actor. But I'm perfectly happy going back to building my gallery of memorable character roles.

I was ecstatic when 'The Walking Dead' came along. Merle Dixon was so perfectly adapted for me.

You can perform all kind of characters but you cannot change what people feel for you.

I have to believe in the character to perform it.

I find all of my performances come down to mathematics in a sense - how do you approach the problem of this character? Sometimes I crack that problem, sometimes I don't.

I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.

Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.

Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.

A performer needs to feel the part to be the part!

A passion for any novel, and any character, can crystallise your ideas when you really need to be as open as possible as a performer.

It's not a secret, but if you know what the hell you're doing, you pick good actors. And you know what makes a good actor? A good personality in the performer, in the person.

The crowd is a performer. En masse, a crowd has its own personality, its own character. And there are going to be nights when the crowd delivers a great performance. And there are going to be nights when the crowd bombs.

I was always a performer even as a child; I loved delving into various characters.