#character

I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my films - although I think they do have plots - but the plot is not of primary importance to me, the characters are. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

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The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a conflict of passions subtler than those we already know, or as a complete new character. ↗

— Alfred Jarry

#bringing #character #complete #conflict #create

Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history. ↗

— Karl Jaspers

#history #philosophy #tested #way #which

It is hard to describe the thrill of creative joy which the artist feels when the conviction seizes her that at last she has caught the very soul of the character she wishes to portray, in the music and action which reveal it. ↗

— Maria Jeritza

#artist #caught #character #conviction #creative

It is always more fun to play a bad guy than to be yourself as you can create a character unlike your own and be someone you are not for a change. ↗

— Richard Kiel

#bad #bad guy #be yourself #change #character

I want to spend my time exploring the characters we've already got here. I want to give them more time to shine before the team gets to have 400 members. ↗

— Robert Kirkman

#before #characters #exploring #gets #give

The way I approach the character isn't about being gay or straight. It's just about who you love. Gender has very little to do with it. ↗

— Mia Kirshner

#approach #being #character #gay #gender

When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward and examine ourselves. ↗

— Gustave Courbet

#contrary #examine #inward #men #ourselves

I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if you're playing the good guy, you get three colors: red, white and blue. But if you're the bad guy, you get the whole palette. ↗

— Ronny Cox

#bad #bad guy #bad guys #blue #characters

One's character is set at an early age, son. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life." He was quiet for a minute then dropped the curtain and said, "I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back. ↗

— Wendelin Van Draanen

#character #chet #flipped #age