#hara

Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#always #back #bit #character #directors

It's hard sometimes if you think a character should look a certain way and you're being pushed to do it differently. I've had fights over that. That's why it's so important that you work with good people. ↗

— Uma Thurman

#certain #certain way #character #differently #fights

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong. ↗

— Derek Fisher

#been #character #had #hold #i

I play characters. I don't think I really have a persona per se. I don't play the same guy every time. I show up, you don't know what I'm gonna do. I like it that way. I've intentionally tried to do it that way. I think that's what's interesting. ↗

— Laurence Fishburne

#every #every time #gonna #guy #i

My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#abraham lincoln #carry #certain #characters #childhood

My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor. ↗

— Harrison Ford

#character #character actor #ever #expect #famous

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. ↗

— Henry Ford

#built #character #develop #each #endure

I can inhabit any character in a way that is difficult to do successfully in a contemporary novel. ↗

— Rose Tremain

#character #contemporary #difficult #i #i can

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors. ↗

— John Turturro

#corners #crazed #directors #exposed #film

We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance... And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#basic #blueprint #born #change #characteristics