Quotes About Character

I'm a fan of the western genre. When I see a character actor, I see a whole movie behind a scene before and after. There's a whole other movie behind it.

'Slow West' is a western, and it's sort of a twist on the genre stylistically, I think, from what I understand going in.

I think what's fun about the Western genre is the character arcs are very strong and, arguably, more interesting and exciting than the action that is metaphorically representational of those arcs.

I would love, one day before this is all over, to do a Western. That, and to play a priest.

I actually think the reason I am interested in certain parts is because I was such a dweeb in high school. When you are such a loser, it's a helpful way in to a lot of characters because even very powerful people are not all that powerful, really.

The most fascinating powers don't mean a thing if the guy's poorly motivated or dull, and the most generic powers won't hurt a well-motivated character. Personality and motivation are what make Magneto, Magneto and not Cosmic Boy. The powers work for him, but it's his motivation that makes him the character he is.

My action follows my characters. If a character is a cop, you cannot be posing all the time, you cannot fly off the roof because it doesn't make any sense - it's not practical.

There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.

I never really read a character before that I connected with more than Peeta. So, for me, if I couldn't get that job I was like, 'Well, if I can't play practically myself in a movie, what can I play?'

I was really overwhelmed by the amount of roles that I got offered that were carbon copies of what I did in 'Up in the Air.' I got every offer for every ambitious, unfeeling practically robotic character.

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.

Of my English friends, I should find language too poor to speak the just praise and the excellence which shines in their characters and lives.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

It is very satisfying to see people praising you and your character, and the journey of the character moved them. It gives you a lot of confidence as an actor.

A woman should be seen by the luminosity of her grace and not heard shooting her mouth away about praising herself which is so not lady-like.

If George W. Bush is the kind of person folks might like to have a beer with, John McCain is the guy you pray you don't get seated next to at a dinner party.

I pray to be of service to the playwright, the audience, the other actors and my character.

Men who pray are, in reality, the only religious men, and it takes a full-measured man to pray.

I don't normally think of a specific actor. I concentrate on the character, and then when we get into pre-production, that's how names come up.

He preaches well that lives well.

The thing I try to preach the most when anybody asks me for advice - I say just be a good person first and foremost.

The character as well as the fortunes of the gospel is committed to the preacher. He makes or mars the message from God to man. The preacher is the golden pipe through which the divine oil flows.

Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.

Scouting ought to be about building character, not about sex. Period. Precious few parents enroll their boys in the Scouts to get a crash course in sexual orientation.