Quotes About Character

With every character, the first thing I want to feel is empathy.

I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie. That's the first thing. You want to do it.

The first thing I look at with a project isn't who's directing, whether it's a big film; it's the character and whether I want to tell her story.

For me, the first thing that I respond to - whether it's doing a play or movie or television or anything - is just the character. Is this a guy whose shoes I want to walk in for the next 12 days or six months?

The hardest thing about movie acting is that if you're playing a character who changes within the movie, you've got to do that, but you've got to do it out of sequence, because we never have gotten to shoot in sequence, and that's really, really tough.

Being humble and sweet is the hardest thing you can do.

The hardest thing about 'Mulan' is to put yourself in that circumstance and to have the answer be organic, and not be acting.

I like all of the books I work on to be ones you can pick up without knowing the entire history of the character, because then, not only can you enjoy it as is, but it encourages you to look into the history of that character and their world.

The strike of the miners in Arizona was one of the most remarkable strikes in the history of the American labor movement. Its peaceful character, its successful outcome, were due to that most remarkable character, Governor Hunt.

There's nothing more liberating about starting with something that is not written. You pretty much create the history of that character and that character's life story.

Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self.

For me, the human face is the most important subject of the cinema.

The biggest and the most important thing my mother told me is to be a good actor you first need to be a really good human being and an honest person.

Your reputation is still the most important thing that you've got.

The most important thing for me, when somebody asks me what I class as being a success, is being a decent human being.

I think that the most important thing for me is, how is the character that I would be reading for? Is it interesting? Is there stuff to do? Are there things that you can do with the character? How can you play it out? Just those kinds of things that are very important for an actor. Also, a good director and good dialogue.

I think it's also important for people to really see that your identity doesn't come just from what you do but who you are. My relationship with Jesus Christ is the most important thing to me. Because of that, I don't have to change whether I am one of the most popular guys in football.

The leading character isn't always the most important or interesting character; when people think that the protagonist is the character portrayed, it's people who haven't read Shakespeare.

The most important thing about my life is this integrity, and you can't lie to yourself.

But there is something seductive and the character, Alfie is so charming, and does make you think like you are the most important thing in the world but he's not that nice, is he.

The most important aspect of any story, to me, is character.

My children came out as individuals in their own right. They were not my products. They had their own characters and were very strong-minded. I gave them a lot of freedom when they were still very young. The one thing they got from me is morals. They would never betray anyone. They are really good people.

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.

I've had to take a lot of stick down the years but the one thing that really got to me was when someone questioned my integrity. It's the one thing that really grates with you.