#act

Once you have invented a character with three dimensions and a voice, you begin to realize that some of the things you'd like him to do to further your plot are things that such a person wouldn't, or couldn't, do. ↗

— Thomas Perry

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Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#chastity #could #delayed #dull #experience

The characters you refer to as predatory and unsavory are useful. They're the ones who make a novel into a thriller. They're active, and most of the common virtues, the signs of a good person, are not. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#characters #common #good #good person #into

Hollywood is finally waking up to the fact that people who go to church also go to the movies. I'm not sure what took them so long to see that or how long they'll keep it up. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#church #fact #finally #go #hollywood

I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he's a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#always #amount #blair #finally #him

To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#choose #concern #ever #life #my life

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#beholder #competence #contact #eye #eye of the beholder

We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#acting #goal #inspire #must

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures. ↗