Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation than what has transpired thus far.
Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work.
The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.
I think of clothes a lot like costumes. I think of what I wear in real life as being my real life character's costume.
I just kind of understood it, and I threw my love for others and love for life into the character, and was having a blast. I loved playing Dharma. I loved it!
Nudes are the greatest to paint. Everything you can find in a landscape or a still life or anything else is there: darkness and light, character dimension, texture. I painted heads too, of course.
Tennessee Williams was so adept at portraying characters who are both fallible and vulnerable. Women were a huge influence in his life, his mother and sister in particular.
I've been a character actress right from the beginning. I was no more like 'Cinderella' in my real life than I was like the neurotic poet in 'Cop.'
My only goal is to stay focused on my craft and make sure my life is as sharp as it can be to attack any character that is given to me.
I think the ultimate thing in some ways for any writer is to work on a character who's going to have a life for a long time.
That's true, you don't want to let anybody down and here are millions of people who've been waiting for their favorite characters to be brought to life and you don't want to disappoint.
That character called 'Robin Wright' in the movie called 'The Congress' has nothing to do with me... I've never felt that way about life choices, career, etc.
I love complex characters - strong females who are vulnerable but have a life and soul. That's what I'm drawn to and what I enjoy most.
I've never really played everyday people. I've played realist roles, but not mere daily life. There was always something incredible happening to my characters.
The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its inspiration and character.
In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.
It's so hard for me to kind of fall in love with comedy, but if something comes my way... I mean, I loved 'Weird,' I thought that was a really fun character.
I love acting... I really do. I love crawling into another character's skin. That's something that I've always, always, always, always wanted.
