Character Development Quotes - Page 2

• There are epic impulses everywhere you look in There Will Be Blood; what's missing is character development, focused storytelling and, most significantly (apart from that terrific opening sequence), any sense of raw, intuitive drama.

  Stephanie Zacharek

  Drama, Character, Epic

  "'There Will Be Blood'". www.salon.com. December 26, 2007.

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• Meditation may require a lifetime to master, but it will have been a lifetime well spent. ... If you want to judge your progress, ask yourself these questions: Am I more loving? Is my judgment sounder? Do I have more energy? Can my mind remain calm under provocation? Am I free from the conditioning of anger, fear, and greed? Spiritual awareness reveals itself as eloquently in character development and selfless action as in mystical states.

  Eknath Easwaran

  Spiritual, Character, Judging

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• Costume design is so important and really helpful, and I really love that aspect of character development, just figuring it out.

  Katherine Waterston

  Character, Design, Important

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• There’s no tipping point where you become what you are. Character development starts when you’re growing up. Your socioeconomic background contributes. The attitude that gets you through some communities doesn’t work in corporate America. It’s not an excuse, but it does help explain

  Maurice Clarett

  Growing Up, Attitude, Character

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• The next sentence is one of the most important spiritual truths you will ever learn: God develops the fruit of the Spirit in your life by allowing you to experience circumstances in which you're tempted to express the exact opposite quality. Character development always involves a choice, and temptation provides that opportunity.

  Rick Warren

  Spiritual, Character, Opportunity

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• David Corbett has combined his unique talents as a gifted writer and an extraordinary teacher to create a superb resource on character development. Deftly crafted and impeccably researched, The Art of Character is a thoughtful and insightful book that is immensely readable and practical.

  Sheldon Siegel

  Teacher, Art, Book

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• Where are the vehicles to character development in secular society?

  Dennis Prager

  Character, Secular Society, Development

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• With six weeks' worth of recuperation time, you'll also be able to see any glaring holes in the plot or character development. And listen--if you spot a few of these big holes, you are forbidden to feel depressed about them or to beat up on yourself. Screw-ups happen to the best of us.

  Stephen King

  Character, Screw Ups, Plot

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.214, Simon and Schuster

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• I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development.

  Sandra Brown

  Real, Book, Character

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• This sucks on so many levels." Dialogue from "Jason X" Rare for a movie to so frankly describe itself. "Jason X" sucks on the levels of storytelling, character development, suspense, special effects, originality, punctuation, neatness and aptness of thought.

  Roger Ebert

  Character, Special, Jason

  Roger Ebert (2004). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005”, p.340, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories.

  Connie Nielsen

  Smart, Writing, Character

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• I was working with actors who were very easy to work with, but I can just imagine how, with all the other decision-making problems that come up along the way, in addition to that, the whole point of what your doing is following performance and character development. You're building your story with those building blocks, and it is not easy. I've only come out with more respect for directors, from this.

  Rick Heinrichs

  Block, Character, Decision

  Source: collider.com

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• I think improv training really orients you to character development, more than taking a Strasberg class or Meisner class. Not only is it about developing character really quickly, but it's also about being a good partner in the scene.

  Michael Shannon

  Character, Thinking, Training

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm working on a project called Lemons, produced by Killer Films. The director has a great perspective on character development.

  Nia Long

  Character, Perspective, Directors

  Source: www.elle.com

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• When you are constantly hearing offensive words and always have some irritating matter in mind, only then do you have a whetstone for character development. If you hear only what pleases you, and deal only with what thrills you, then you are burying your life in deadly poison.

  Zicheng Hong

  Character, Mind, Taoism

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• I think that television has become really, really interesting, in terms of character development. You can have 13 hours to develop a character, as opposed to 25 minutes in a movie. That excites me.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  Character, Thinking, Interesting

  Source: collider.com

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• Filmmaking in general is about feeling and not about theory. You need to know a lot of rules about filmmaking: character development, grammar, and all these thing, but then you use it instinctively. I ask myself this question all the time. I have no solid theory, I just do what I feel is right.

  Hany Abu-Assad

  Character, Feelings, Needs

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• God does not make our choices easier because temptation is his character development curriculum.

  Erwin W. Lutzer

  Character, Choices, Temptation

  Erwin W. Lutzer (2002). “Winning the Inner War”, p.14, David C Cook

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• Stand alone books are nice because they have everything all in one tidy little package. Neverwhere was awesome because you get action, adventure, character development, the exploration of a strange world, PLUS resolution of all the problems and mysteries at the end. No lines no waiting. That's very satisfying. Multi-volume stories are satisfying too, just in a different way.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Nice, Book, Adventure

  Source: aidanmoher.com

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• I believe a good memoir should have all of the narrative elements of a novel: character development, dialogue, descriptive language, and metaphor.

  Danielle Trussoni

  Believe, Character, Should Have

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Stand-up is just me trying to be as funny as possible in the most concentrated hour with me standing on stage with no storyline, no plot line, and no character development.

  Jim Jefferies

  Character, Plot Lines, Trying

  "LEGIT - the New FX Series! Interview with Jim Jeffries". Interview with Jeri Jacquin, patch.com. February 05, 2013.

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• Ideas about mothers have swung historically with the roles of women. When women were needed to work the fields or shops, experts claimed that children didn't need them much. Mothers, who might be too soft and sentimental, could even be bad for children's character development. But when men left home during the Industrial Revolution to work elsewhere, women were "needed" at home. The cult of domesticity and motherhood became a virtue that kept women in their place.

  Sandra Scarr

  Mother, Children, Work

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• I don't know who will overcome losses, some losses aren't meant to be overcome, but all losses make for good stories and good character development and all the jazz that makes a show compelling and watchable.

  Kirsten Vangsness

  Character, Loss, Stories

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• I don't want to do action that doesn't mean anything. Everything I do I want to have character development and three-dimensional characters, fallible humans, and this is definitely one of them.

  Columbus Short

  Mean, Character, Three

  Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.maxlazebnik.com. December 02, 2009.

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• Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.

  Tom Johnson

  Character, Thinking, Important

  Source: ravenswoodpublishing.blogspot.com

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