I think you need people of principle, of character, that are leaders, that take stands on important tough issues that will affect the future of this country.
I've worked a lot with Noah Baumbach, and he doesn't make it easy to like his characters, but the stories are funny and witty and there's an edge to that kind of humanity.
I've never really understood that. It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow-that to me is kind of inexplicable.
The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church.
A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance.
On the whole, the psychological work of the last quarter of the nineteenth century emphasized the study of consciousness to the neglect of the total life of intellect and character.
My life needed to be saved. Not just Foxy. That's my character. That's my work. Inga is a person.
If your life gets off to a rough start, just know this is helping you develop depth of personality and depth of character.
The way I live my life or conduct myself when I have a problem is very different from many of the characters I play.
Actually, I played Pontius Pilate as nice. An actor spends his life thinking he is Christ, and then he gets to play the character that killed him.
I'm a nice middle-class girl in real life, and I'm a mom and a grandma, and I usually play sweet characters.
I have a lot of compassion for human beings in life experiences, so I allow myself to feel what these characters are feeling and don't have a problem accepting that.
I love playing these characters that are crazy tough, though. Because I am not in real life. Not at all.
I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life.
The same characters that keep reappearing, bigger than life, find their own integrity in doing what they do the way they do it, even if it causes their own deaths.
A pilot is like the most extensive dress rehearsal you can ever imagine, because the writers are learning about the actors, the actors are learning about the characters.
I've always loved film and wanted to work in film. I just love working and creating new characters, and trying different genres and different things.
Every audience has its character; I like America - they love me. I suffer from stage fright, but in America not so much.
I love to play characters who are stuffy and nerdy who either then have a dark side or are pushed to a breaking point.
I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part.
I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long period of time.
