Quotes About Character

My character, Taylor McKessie, is a little bit brighter in the math and science department than I am... okay, a lot.

Flip Saunders is a great coach and a great guy. Glen Taylor is the same way. He's a great human being.

When I played in the Australia team the captains were all nerds. Allan Border was a nerd, Mark Taylor was a nerd, Steve Waugh was definitely a nerd and Ricky Ponting too.

Off the field I always thought Mark Taylor was exemplary in the way he handled himself.

I'm not the type of player that's going to be Johnny Hustle and run down the line and slide to first base. That's just not my personality. That's not my cup of tea. That's not who I am.

My creative workday starts with strong breakfast tea and a few minutes of journaling, both of which help me get my head in the story. So much of story-building for me involves immersing myself in the character and situation I'll be working on, just the way an actor does when playing a role.

The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your character's supposed to have.

To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher.

The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character.

You know, a lot of those angry sort of Southern man characters that I've been doing are based on different people I might've had as, like, a soccer coach or as a teacher.

I had a great movement teacher - he showed me how to walk so I wasn't becoming like a cartoon.

Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood.

When I was in college, I had the good fortune to have Joyce Carol Oates as my writing teacher. She told me that I could take an aspect of myself, and from that one bit of personality, I can create a character. This is what I have done, particularly in my novels.

My acting teacher used to say that people reveal themselves in their opposites.

Your example should be stellar among your friends, associates, family, teachers, co-workers, and other Christians.

I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principals they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it's 30 years later.

In acting class, teachers talk about how the 'givens' of a situation help define a character.

A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.

Adversity teaches a man a lot about himself.

It's not always about getting better on the basketball court. This game teaches you how to become a better person as well. It pushes you into the team concept.

I am playing a principal who also teaches maths in a government school in 'Nil Battey Sannata,' the story of which is based in Agra. He is a simple common man and a very interesting human being. His character will get the audience in splits.

One thing that golf teaches you is humility.

It's a rare opportunity to play a character that is not only a lot of fun to portray, but it's also rare to play someone that teaches you something.

Though every film teaches me at least three new things, I don't subscribe to doing homework about a character's backstory unless it's a historical role or one that requires training in accent.