Quotes with character-driven

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  • Anne Rice What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character.
    Anne Rice
    American author of gothic fiction (1941 - 2021)
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  • Henry James What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Barry Humphries What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.'
    Barry Humphries
    Australian comedian, actor, artist, and author (1934 - 2023)
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  • Aristotle What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Calvin Coolidge What we need in appointive positions are men of knowledge and experience with sufficient character to resist temptations.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Alfred Hitchcock When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'
    Alfred Hitchcock
    English moviedirector (1899 - 1980)
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  • Bill Skarsgard When I read a script and have my first interaction with this character, do I feel like there's something I'm gonna' learn here? If I feel like it's something I've done before, then what's the incentive for me to do it?
    Bill Skarsgard
    Swedish actor (1990 - )
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  • Calvin Klein When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career.
    Calvin Klein
    American fashion designer (1942 - )
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  • Bliss Carman When promise and patience are wearing thin, When endurance is almost driven in, When our angels stand in a waiting hush, Remember the Marne and Ferdinand Foch.
    Bliss Carman
    Canadian poet (1861 - 1929)
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  • Ang Lee When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me.
    Ang Lee
    Taiwanese film director, producer, and screenwriter (1954 - )
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  • Confucius When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Billy Graham When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Ernest Hemingway When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Balthazar Getty When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.
    Balthazar Getty
    American actor and musician (1975 - )
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  • Bailee Madison When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
    Bailee Madison
    American actress (1999 - )
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  • Bel Powley When you're portraying someone that really existed, there has to be a time as an actress where you leave reality and move into the fantasy world so you can do your job of creating a character.
    Bel Powley
    English actress (1992 - )
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  • Candice Patton When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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  • Terence While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse.
    Terence
    Roman writer of comedies (190 - 159)
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  • Luigi Pirandello Whoever has the luck to be born a character can laugh even at death. Because a character will never die! A man will die, a writer, the instrument of creation: but what he has created will never die!
    Luigi Pirandello
    Italian poet, playwright and Nobel laureate in literature (1934) (1867 - 1936)
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  • Buffalo Bill Wild Bill was a strange character. In person he was about six feet and one inch in height. He was a Plains-man in every sense of the word.
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
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