When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
Well, I'm not a method actress by any stretch of the imagination so the best thing that I can do is be as real as possible and find whatever commonality in that character that I can see myself.
Disney acting is a little more difficult than many people think it is. People feel like the characters aren't deep, but as an actor, you try to do everything you can do the best of your ability.
The best fiction is geared towards conflict. We learn most about our characters through tension, when they are put up against insurmountable obstacles. This is true in real life.
I'm trying to figure out precisely which character flaw might be responsible for my latest life failure.
Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
Like all of my friends, she's a lousy judge of character.
Although there was a screenplay, the actors never knew what questions I was going to ask them, and all of my character's voice-over narration and scenes were added after the fact.
Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one.
Everybody has parents. As a dramatist, whenever you write a character, you must write their parents as well, even if the parents aren't there.
No one thinks they're irritating. Nobody thinks they're boring. So if you're playing a character like that you have to play them as how they think of themselves.
Writing a children's book means you cannot spin out long narratives or have complex character development.
For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand.
I find the constraints of drama actually freeing: It brings everything down to character and action.
She built her character with the adversity she had faced, so she could live the best of her life for the rest of life.
Anyone that has character leaves a mark on another. Would you like to leave the world without making a ripple?
In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate - look to his character.
I had always wanted to lend my voice to a character. I did a voice for this video game, called 'Fallout 3,' and that was really fun.
If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it well. That's just my character, that's just the way it is with me.
When I'm creating a character, I don't see it so much as playing someone else as just playing a specific part of myself under certain circumstances.
Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.
