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When you're hiding behind a character all the time, as soon as you have to be yourself, you feel kind of terrified. — Sheridan Smith

When you start and you're taking the character seriously, it's going to lead down a variety of paths. — Jon Hurwitz

When I look at a character, whether he's good or bad, one scene or 10 scenes, I just have to find my way in. — Patrick Wilson

When a character wants to do one thing and I want him to do another, the character is usually right. — Madeleine L'Engle

I love becoming a character outside of who I am. Even when I was a little girl, I loved make believe, so I like it. — NeNe Leakes

Greatness of mind becomes an object of love only when the power at work in it itself has a noble character — Karl Jaspers

When I dreamed about becoming a fantasy adventurer, I was always a max-level character with epic gear. Look at me. I'm wearing vendor trash. — Noelle Alladania Meade

There's a button that goes On and I'm On. And when I go On, there is almost no me; there is just a character who is doing all this. — Gisele Bundchen

When it comes to building character, wealth, good looks, athletic ability and even a high IQ are more likely to be impediments than advantages. — Michael Josephson

When you come to a new country with so little, all you have is your character. — Zack Love

When I'm playing a character, I don't wear perfume. — Blake Lively

There's a kind of acting that goes on in my head when I'm writing a character where I put myself in their place. — Jeffrey Eugenides

I just like to switch things up all the time. Like when it comes to singing, I try to find a different character for each song. — John Frusciante

When I work on a novel, I usually have one character and a setting in mind. — Kevin Henkes

When you're an actor, you're very much exposed, but in a strange way you're totally protected behind a character, behind a script, behind a director. — Mathieu Demy

I'm good when I've got a bit of an edge, like the Clint Eastwood type of archetypal character. The tough guy that doesn't say a lot. — Scott Adkins

The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong. — Brandon Sanderson

Usually when you have a sequel, the character always stays the same and that's true basically of 'Rocky III,' 'IV' and 'V.' He didn't really change. — Irwin Winkler

When I work, I live in a fantasy world. It's great. I get to play different characters who inspire me. — Cary Elwes

Few persons are made of such strong fiber that they will make a costly outlay when surface work will pass as well in the market. — Edward McKendree Bounds

When you do films that have multiple sequels, you develop a character for a film. — Warwick Davis

It really helps me to get into the character of the record when I have a designated look. It just really simplifies things for me. — Jenny Lewis

When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part. — Laurence Olivier

The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character. — Anne Frank

I think when you have a character as richly drawn, I suppose then there are subconscious, mental notes that you've made. — Cate Blanchett

When developing a business story, keep in mind that the opposition character (shadow) is just as important as the audience character (hero) is. — Luis Cubero

When you're crafting a character, it's good to have a lot of influences. — Ansel Elgort

It's always tense when you move a character from a book to the screen. Always tense. — Lee Child

Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community; character is what you have when you go away. — William Davis

When I'm writing a woman character, I don't think, 'What would a woman do?' I just think, 'What would this character do in this situation?' — Ken Follett

When I was fifteen, I got a Tiffany's necklace from the producers of 'Game of Thrones' with my character's name Sansa engraved on it. — Sophie Turner

When you have a character to work with, you carry them around in a strange way - they make you look at the world in a different way. — Ben Whishaw

Doing animation is closer to pretending than anything else you get to do. It's much more like when you're a kid putting on a character. — Diedrich Bader

When you play a real person, you feel a sense of responsibility that obviously you don't feel when you're playing a fictional character. — Natalie Dormer

You know you knit too much when ... You will check out a book from the library just because you heard that one of the characters knits. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Every once in a while I go off to do a movie or a television series and I take my art with me. I can stay in character when I paint. — Jane Seymour

Love it when a compelling new character kicks open your mental door, tracks mud across your brain, and props their feet up on your cerebrum. — Don Roff

When you love a problem, its contours, obstacles and resistances are all just part of its character. — Steven Strogatz

I'm a Jesuit when it comes to structure, but I really think that structure is defined by character. Everything serves that master. — Chris Eigeman

A story is about a single moment in a character's life when a definitive choice is made, after which nothing is the same. — John L'Heureux

I don't like it when people are too pretty. They have to have character. Something a bit fucked up about them. — Ryan McGinley

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me. — Ang Lee

When a script moves me, I find that I immediately understand a character. Of course not completely, but I do understand. — Marion Cotillard

Practice builds habits. Our habits are our character. When it comes to virtue, practice makes a very great difference - or rather, all the difference. — Eric Greitens

When you're doing a character, you want to know the full landscape. You want to know them spiritually, mentally and physically. — Chadwick Boseman

You know an actor is great, or you childish, when you end up loving or hating them because of the deeds of a character they play or played. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor. — Shirley Maclaine

To Lilo, Suleika, Constance, and Raul, thank you for coming up with some really good character names when I was in a pinch. — Kayti Nika Raet

When you fight you are in a situation where failure can happen. This chance of failure forges your character in many ways. — Daniel Hudson

Coach Noll had always told me, Being stubborn is a virtue when you're right; it's only a character flaw when you're wrong. — Tony Dungy

Usually when you're playing a character, you think a lot about their backstory. — Billy Bob Thornton

The Big Bang Theory: When geeky scientists can be main characters in a hit prime time series, you know there's hope for the world. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

My point is that when you fall in love it's with a real person with flaws. Not with a perfect character from a fairy tale. — Mette Ivie Harrison

Of course, when you work on a character, you try to understand her. You feel that everything she does has a reason. — Berenice Bejo

When you become such a strong personality in music, it's hard for people to accept you as a different character. — Grace Jones

The only time you realize you have a reputation is when you're not living up to it. — Jose Iturbi

When one plays a part for a long enough time, he begins to convince himself that he is the character he pretends to be, — Joyce Swann

When you have discovered a stain in yourself, you eagerly seek for and gladly find stains in others. — Berthold Auerbach

The day when you shed a tear for the death of a fictional character, you know they have become more than a character. — Ryan J. Alls

When you play a character with power and energy, people lock into that and go, "Oh, this must be the guy." — Jeremy Piven

When I get a role, I try to delve as deeply as possible into the character. — Alanna Ubach

Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character. — Tabitha King

When you play a character you have to ask yourself, 'Can I make sense of what's happening here? Is this authentic?' — Stephen Moyer

When I write I am not just creating a story, but I am breathing life into each character. — S.R. Mitchell

A good name is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels of life is lost forever. — Josiah Johnson Hawes

Often, writer's block will occur when I don't understand a character or his/her motivations. So I will make notes analysing characters. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character. — Zoe Saldana

When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role. — Lori Loughlin

I think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious. — Joan Cusack

When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I never wrote anything more than 250 pages. — Ruskin Bond

The best way to determine a person's character is to judge them when their world is falling apart. — Kilroy J. Oldster

When values, thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment, a person becomes focused and character is strengthened. — John C. Maxwell

When I create a character, it happens in layers. The more I write and revise, the better I understand the characters. — Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him. — Graham Greene

It's wonderful when you can play a character that pulls all sorts of strings inside of you and fills you emotionally. — Jane Kaczmarek

When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence. — Steve Largent

Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, ... — Martin Luther King Jr.

I think when you write an enigmatic character into a film, you have to have real confidence that the audience are going to go with it. — Gemma Arterton

To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people. — James Monroe

When I read a character that I really, really love, I know immediately what they look like. It's like I want to 100 percent become that person. — Melissa McCarthy

Don't be an author when you write. Be a character. — T.C. Slonaker

When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun. — Balthazar Getty

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk. — Charlie Chaplin

Most of the time when you see a movie, the best character in the movie is not "the guy," it's the guy next to the guy. — Anthony Mackie

You'll never see a good performance out of me, in terms of a character, when the camera isn't rolling. — Brendan Fehr

A man kept his character even when he was insane. — Graham Greene

Success corrupts character when a person loses the spirit of thankfulness. — Orrin Woodward

The character of a man is seldom revealed when things go well. — Ruth Cardello

A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot. — Richelle E. Goodrich

It's hard to live in a man's world when you are not the only woman in it — Bangambiki Habyarimana

When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature. — Ernest Hemingway,

Just when you think you're having a scene without Simon, he drops in to remind you that everyone else is a supporting character in his catastrophe. — Rainbow Rowell

I'm a huge Kentucky fan. So when there was a chance to do the John Wall dance, I went into character. — Josh Hopkins

When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding. — Karine Vanasse

When in doubt, give a character big, blown-up eyes and puffy lips. — Stephan Pastis

When people come in the door and they have something, discovering and exploring the character is a real joy. — John Ridley

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people. — Edward Hopper

When you have a book as material as it is, it's a lot easier to create a character because you have so many resources to draw upon when acting. — Asa Butterfield

For me, when I'm making a movie I like to stay in character throughout the day. — Hayden Christensen

Pain is such a useful thing. It corrects us when we're wrong. It shapes our character. It teaches us that we're alive. — C.J. Redwine