Great Character Quotes - Page 4

• I never would rule out a great character or a great story. I don't care what the forum is. If I get to tell a story that I'm excited about, I'm in.

  Katherine Heigl

  Character, Stories, Care

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• The true measure of a man is how he behaves when death is close.

  Alma Katsu

  Men, Helping Others, Personal Qualities

  Alma Katsu (2011). “The Taker: Book One of the Taker Trilogy”, p.246, Simon and Schuster

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• It could be a great script but the director is not the right person for me to work for at this time. So there are a lot of elements that come into play and a lot of variables, but more than anything it's got to be a great script and a great character.

  Blair Underwood

  Character, Play, Directors

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• Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character.

  John Thaw

  Character, Tree, Grows

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• The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature; and we are not certain that the best histories are not those in which a little of the exaggeration of fictitious narrative is judiciously employed. Something is lost in accuracy; but much is gained in effect. The fainter lines are neglected; but the great characteristic features are imprinted on the mind forever.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  History, Forever, Mind

  John Morley, Thomas B. Macaulay (2016). “Machiavelli : the Founder of the Political”, p.94, Editions Le Mono

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• We've lost a lot of coaches around here, but the philosophy and the approach, the standards we have set and the expectations we have maintained have always been upheld from one year to the next.I attribute that to the great character of the players and the willingness of the coaches to not get influenced and get off-message and to get out of the way.

  Pete Carroll

  Philosophy, Character, Player

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• [Edward Snowden and his team] they're great characters. They're fascinating people. They were in an extraordinary situation.

  Zachary Quinto

  Team, Character, People

  Source: screenrant.com

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• With the quality of films it seems animation can do almost anything these days. It’s amazing what goes on. But for us it’s always about trying to tell a good story, with great characters. And that will probably always be the philosophy as far as Disney and Pixar is concerned.

  Klay Hall

  Philosophy, Character, Trying

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• There's actually a big difference between story and character. A great story doesn't make a great movie. A great script, which defines its moments and characters can become a great movie. You can make a movie that makes a lot of money and it may or may not have great story or great characters.

  Kevin Costner

  Character, Differences, May

  "Film 101: Kevin Costner Breaks Down the Business". Interview with Adam Pockross, yahoo.com. January 10, 2014.

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• I have such respect for people who do non-fiction casting after settling on the grandparents we got for this. It is really hard to find people who are not fame-whores. We're lucky these people actually wanted to spend their time doing this. All of them would have much rather been cooking without the cameras, being with their families. That's why they're great characters.

  Mo Rocca

  Character, People, Grandparent

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• I love singing and I think I have a really nice voice, but I don't think I have an unbelievable singing voice. I think I have a great character voice.

  Katie Finneran

  Nice, Character, Thinking

  "Exclusive InDepth InterView: Katie Finneran Talks I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER, COMPANY, Sondheim, PROMISES & More". Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. December 1, 2011.

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• There are great characters on television.

  Penelope Ann Miller

  Character, Television

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• I like good stories. Quality products and character are what's important. Even if the script isn't that strong, if I challenge myself with a great character, I'll go for it.

  Corin Nemec

  Strong, Character, Challenges

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The thing about the classics it that they are such great characters, they have a great deal of depth and different layers to them. I always find that very stimulating to play.

  Frances O'Connor

  Character, Play, Depth

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think the tricky balance, the most important thing more than the horror is to have a compelling story, compelling drama, a show about great characters that you care about and you want to come back every week to see what they're up to.

  Oren Peli

  Drama, Character, Thinking

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• I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.

  Zhang Ziyi

  Character, Thinking, Chinese

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Among the droves of men with political ambitions in the United States, I found very few with that virile candor, that manly independence of thought, that often distinguished Americans in earlier times and that is invariably the preeminent trait of great characters wherever it exists.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Character, Ambition, Men

  Alexis de Tocqueville, Arthur Goldhammer (2004). “Democracy in America”, p.297, Library of America

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• Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.

  Brad Falchuk

  Writing, Character, Actors

  "We're All Gleeks - 10 Questions for Glee Co-Creator Brad Falchuk". Wired Interview, www.wired.com. December 7, 2009.

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• I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show.

  Harry Hamlin

  Character, Play, Directors

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• Tim [Omundson] is just so wonderfully delicious. He has the sexiest beard on television. He's such a fabulous actor, and a great character.

  J. Robbins

  Character, Fabulous, Beard

  Source: collider.com

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• Were really trying to make Crisis as accessible as possible, which is extremely difficult to do because it involves so many characters. But, again, you dont need to know all the details. Obviously the mainstays are there Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and heavily focused on. There are a ton of great characters, and a lot happens to them over the course of Infinite Crisis . Some change and evolve, others fall, but it really is about trying to bring everybody on stage. We probably have 90 percent of the DCU showing up, if not more but without losing focus on what the story is.

  Geoff Johns

  Fall, Character, Focus

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• Fame is what you have taken, / Character's what you give; / When to this truth you waken, / Then you begin to live.

  Bayard Taylor

  Taken, Character, Giving

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• Funny to watch these Senators switching back and forth on Prohibition. Politics is a great character builder. You have to take a referendum to see what your convictions are for that day.

  Will Rogers

  Character, Watches, Politics

  Will Rogers (1978). “Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929”, Will Rogers Heritage Trust

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• In TV, you can really get into not only great characters, but also the relationships. There are all of the backstories and all of the relationships that you have with every person in your life, and the relationships those people have with each other. It's just more dense and there's more time to tell stories.

  Chris Pratt

  Character, People, Stories

  Source: collider.com

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• I think the most important technique is to ground everything, to make fantasy world grounded and relatable, just great characters.

  Timur Bekmambetov

  Character, Thinking, Important

  Source: collider.com

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