Quotes About Character

People sometimes have to be reminded, I'm not Frank Underwood. I'm an actor named Kevin Spacey.

When I was watching 'Padmaavat,' Khilji's character reminded me of Azam Khan ji, how he had harassed me during elections when I was contesting.

When I was preparing for '1994,' the song for Deena and Sam was 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman. I just really love that song so much, and I think the lyrics really hit home and reminded me of their dynamic.

My husband Rhashan reminds me of my father because he's got great strength of character.

Christopher Isherwood's eponymous character in 'Mr Norris Takes the Train' reminds me of Boris Johnson, who seems to have stumbled and bumbled into power.

I want to remove the curtain of pretence from all of my characters.

I look for what responsibility the character has in telling the story. If you remove the role from the story, can you still tell the story properly? And if the answer is no, then I'm interested.

Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character.

The ladies remember me from 'Falcon Crest,' and the guys remember me from 'Renegade.'

I don't think I ever wore pants on 'Reno 911!' and I was on it about five times.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

What I discovered is I don't like to repeat lead characters because one of the most pleasurable things in a book to me is learning about the lead.

It's always scary when you're doing a sequel to a film, because you don't want to just repeat the first film in a different location like most sequels. You want to do something totally different, and something that actually expands the world of the main character.

Hate-filled people easily believe and repeat slanderous lies about innocent men.

I've said this before, but I need to repeat it again: Nothing impresses me more than when MMA fighters handle a particularly tough defeat with grace and class.

Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.

We become what we repeatedly do.

Whatever the reasons that I turn things down, I'm always happy when there's a good result, and I can enjoy it as a movie, you know? I don't feel like, 'Oh man, that was really good. I should have done it.' You have to make the decisions you have to make, whether it has to do with your family or repeating a character or whatever it is.

Bad men are full of repentance.

For me, 'The Social Network' isn't about Facebook. It certainly isn't about how people use it. It's about a flawed character and his pursuit of that grand idea that defines him and validates his life and how far he'll go to get it, and the repercussions that come as a result of that - what he gives up in the process.

The Miz came in as a way to say exactly what I was feeling and not have any repercussions for it because it was a character I was playing.

I feel like any experience you can have which adds to your repertoire of things you've done and can add to your character - I'm willing to try.

You can't replace a guy like Jean Beliveau.

I think it's really hard to replace what Scott Brown brought to Scotland. He was one of a kind and there aren't too many players like Broony. But for me, the more you try and replicate him, the more difficult it becomes.