Quotes About Character

I have turned down playing the most despicable people on Earth. I turn it down all the time.

The measure of every man's virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.

Whether I'm down or whether things are great, I try to stay the same person all the time.

We become what we love. Whatever you are giving your time and attention to, day after day, is the kind of person you will eventually become.

I think you can find yourself on one of these shows for a long period of time and think that all you'll ever be able to do is that character. Certainly people think of you that way.

For me it's important to get the origin of the character like in the Richard Donner superman. We saw him became slowly a super hero but i think it's important to take time and stay realistic.

For a woman, body image is always a palpable thing. Weirdly, for me, the only time I don't care is when I'm in character.

In the off-season you like to take a little time for yourself, but I'd like to say that people say I live in the weight room and that I had the keys to it. That's just the type of character I am.

When I read a film script, I kind of see it in my head and I see the moments that shape what I understand the character to be. There's very little time for rehearsal.

I've got a New Zealand film coming out here called Out of the Blue. It's a very heavy story, and it's the first time I've played a character who is alive.

Mercy Watson was a character that had been in my head for a long time.

I play a recurring role for a character named Doctor Imo. I assist the villain and show up from time to time.

With each movie [Twilight saga], we went in trying to explore that character a little deeper, or in a different sense. But, at the same time, there was a comfort in knowing that you know this person.

I think there's no doubt that George Washington was the most important American to this time.

One has to have the strength of character to say the time has come to move on... unless you are a king.

Sometimes your characters in films do things that you wouldn't do. You're not playing yourself all the time.

From the time I got the first couple of scripts [of Jessica Jones], I always felt that this was groundbreaking material and a groundbreaking character.

I was lucky enough to be a "type." Sort of a bad-guy type at the time, because I was tall and I had dark eyes. A lot of times, you don't have to be good; you just have to be the right type.

For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.

Morals aren't just for when it's easy, Anita. They aren't morals if you throw them aside every time it's convenient.

I've worked in the theater, television, and films. A five-hour TV series is certainly more time than a character I'd be playing in a film.

One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.

I want to be true to the character and maintain some consistency and give the audience what they love while at the same time keeping things fresh and grow the character.

We have souls. Sure we do. Otherwise we'd do bad things all the time. You know, like politicians.