Pastoral Resources

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.

And while I might not always agree with the viewpoint I have to portray, because I play a district attorney, as an actress I can always tell myself that my character is trying to take the moral high ground.

Nor does the idea of a moral order asserting itself against attack or want of conformity answer in full to our feelings regarding the tragic character.

In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to this convulsion only from its tragic implication with its opposite in one and the same character.

I put myself into character for my songs.

To me, the psychology behind the character is critical. So I work very hard to get into the mind of the man that I'm going to be playing, because number one, I want to understand why he's doing what he's doing. It's essential, it's absolutely essential.

My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.

What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up you kind of kick to the curb.

For four years doing that same character all the time kind of bothered me. Butit opened up a lot of doors.

I love the part of Hector as it takes me back to playing eccentric parts. He is a funny character, which is fine by me as I've been playing for laughs for decades now! It's lovely to get a laugh; it's the best thing in the world!

The only time in my career prior to that I played an evil character was in 'The Twilight Zone'.

I thought I would keep the first name Susan and change the last name but I picked up this book and as I opened it the lead character in it was called Morgan Brittany.

I probably wouldn't make a good accountant. I don't even understand what my accountant tells me. But the character is a sort of exaggerated version of me, he's a little more frightened than I am, everything seems so much bigger to him than it does to me.

Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

When you cover politics, you realize that knowing how to talk about character matters more and more. The way we hold ideas is more important than the ideas.

Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.