Quotes About Character

I think noir is an immensely powerful - and elastic - lens through which to look at narrative and character. It seems to access something dark and true in us that other modes of fiction are often a bit prissy about touching. But the key to making it work as time and culture moves on is to use the elasticity, not just the power.

You have to understand that when you're a voice actor on an animated film, you're really just a tiny little piece of this huge process. And when you finally get to see the finished product and see all of the wonderful work that the animators & the designers & the writers did to make your character stand out, it's just so touching, so humbling.

It is very touching that you are able to create some kind of impact through a character.

Legend' is a stylised film. The character I play is a complete egoist. He cannot tolerate anyone touching him or slapping him. Whenever anyone antagonises him, he becomes cruel. That's how the 'war' between the hero and him starts. It's a solid meaty break for me!

The Slobs were written in a very 2D way, but Kathy Burke brought a touching quality to all her characters.

In creating a new character, it's sometimes difficult to find a touchstone, a North Star that will always point you in the direction that character will travel.

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.

My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.

Who would I be to be cowering to a bunch of gutless cowards acting like a bunch of tough guys online?

I'm not a model; hence I don't see the reason to have a six-pack abs. I can pull off a tough and rugged look of a cop in 'Dhoom' series without taking my shirt off. Cops don't have to move around without a shirt to flaunt their machismo. What makes the character of a cop stand out is his attitude and not his six-pack abs.

Any time you make a movie where you're living in a certain head space for an extended period of time, it's tough not to take a little piece home with you.

It's easy to be good when things are great; it's tough to be good when they're not.

People that are brilliant and successful, we think they've just always been that way. That's not the case. Most of them have had some tough adversity in their life. It's prepared them. I've never felt like you could develop character without adversity.

I don't think I'm tough but I do think I'm quite a strong character.

I couldn't deal with playing a character who rides motorcycles and has a leather jacket and is a tough kid, y'know?

There's a fine line between being sweet and innocent and being a tough broad.

People say I'm tough and too blunt. I'm a product of my organization. MSF is a blunt, tough, no-nonsense organization.

The characters I play are tough, but I love laughing and humor.

I'm from the 805, man. I don't have to talk about where I'm from, but I'm tough.

Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If you're writing and you don't like how your character looks or talks, you just fix it. But in a movie, if there's something you don't like, that's tough.

You take a look back at some tough parts of your life, just bad things that have happened: they tend to build your character and make you who you are.

I think you need people of principle, of character, that are leaders, that take stands on important tough issues that will affect the future of this country.

I haven't met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.

I think that's what we like to explore and see on TV these days especially in long form, is complicated people who have to make tough decisions.