I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.

Among those who are satisfactory in this respect, it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu, and personal character as possible.

Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men.

I think that fiction writers can write about anyone. If you are writing a character, and the only thing they are to you is their otherness, then you haven't written a character.

Things can change on a daily basis in television. You can be introduced to aspects of your character that you had no idea existed because they didn't exist a week before. The next week it might be...

With each character in a movie, I'm looking for a human being. I'm looking for a person. And to me, I'm looking for a person that's full of strengths and weaknesses, a person that's full of successes...

There's something about actors - not stars, but actors - if they have the character, and someone is pushing and shoving them to be the best they can be, they enjoy that.

A long-running TV series is a beast in that it demands you stick to one character over a long haul.

For a book to function... it has to be a functioning reality. The character has to be real, and I imagine that's exactly what happens for a spy who is in deep cover.

I was lucky I had a mom who had seen it all. From seeing my grandfather march in the Civil Rights era, she understood the depth, character, and stability you need to go through racism. She taught me...

Actors are here to perform various kinds of roles and we represent some other character. You can't judge us by what we portray on screen.

There is no such thing as playing someone else's character. Every actor takes a character and makes it his/her own while enacting it on screen.

I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character, I play it.

You can't form a character without being completely comfortable with who you are as a person.

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.

A lot of people think I'm that guy in 'Betsy's Wedding', but I'm not. What it is for me is that, on some level, I connect with the character emotionally.

Having a sweet, wide-eyed, awkward character is more charming and allows for more range. If you come from anger, you're going to reach a ceiling very quickly.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan, and raised an adolescent.

A lot can be said with just a look, or the way the body moves. Each song is a different character. So each song takes on a different movement of the body. And the body has to go with the subject and...

Courage, kindness and a great determination to succeed in life with a smile were hallmarks of my wonderful wife. And why her story deserves to be told.

A wise and an understanding heart.

The clock struck eleven with the respectful unobtrusiveness of one whose mission in life is to be ignored.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about 100 years before he is born.

Great attitude makes your character and sets your path.

The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his every-day conduct.

It was a wonderful combination for a reporter, the exterior so comforting, the interior so driven.

A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.

I suppose that one's years spent living do not reflect a measure of our souls or strength of character.

While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage.