Character Quotes

A novel I read when I was about 17 or 18 - 'The World According to Garp,' by John Irving - really made me want to become a writer. The character of Garp is a novelist, and at the time, the whole lifestyle of being a writer was hugely appealing to me. John Niven

People in Britain see Richard Quest as a kind of an offensive cartoon character. John Oliver

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It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more clearly. John Osborne

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I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with. John Ratzenberger

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I'm a huge fan of 'Kung Fu Panda.' I honestly think that Jack Black's voice work in 'Kung Fu Panda' is the best voice work that's ever been done. He's so funny, and it's such an endearing character. It really is great. John Requa

Beautiful fabrics last; synthetics don't. Certain fabrics, such as linen or cotton, develop their own character over time. John Rocha

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The hardest thing about movie acting is that if you're playing a character who changes within the movie, you've got to do that, but you've got to do it out of sequence, because we never have gotten to shoot in sequence, and that's really, really tough. John Sayles

In 'Boyz N the Hood,' every female character was three-dimensional. John Singleton

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Viewers can hate a character and at the same time can't take their eyes off of him. John Slattery

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I got cast on ER, I knew I'd be playing a great character and I knew the show was great. John Stamos

Great Character Cast Knew Got Show Playing

Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character. John Thaw

Great Character Trees He Morse Like Parts Grow

One of the great things and one of the horrible things about the American character is this extraordinary optimism and arrogance that everything will continue to be great and keep looking up. John Wells

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The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches. John Witherspoon

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'Ray Donovan' was all fiction and pure fun, to be working with such greats as Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight. My character was recurring, but my storyline was intricate to the whole thing. With the character that I played, I got to go through all aspects of my instrument. I got to bring it to tears and to laughter. Johnathon Schaech

It's very, very important to me, no matter who the person is, to play that person with the utmost degree of truth that I'm able to bring. But playing a character like Jack Sparrow or Willy Wonka, that requires nothing but a degree of responsibility to the intent of the story - responsibility to the film-maker to deliver the goods. Johnny Depp

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I always wanted to be a character actor rather than the poster boy that they tried to make me 100 years ago. An actor has a degree of responsibility to change for the audience, to give them something new each time, to surprise and not bore them. Johnny Depp

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I'm doing a film called 'Black Mass' where I play James Bulger. The reason to play him is obvious to me. He's a fascinating character. It's not like anything I've done before on that level. I'm very excited to slide into that skin for a little bit. Johnny Depp

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It's never been a priority for me to concentrate on the likability of the character. Johnny Galecki

Character Me Never Concentrate Priority Been

Being 'Johnny' was almost like an out of body experience. I thought he was just a character that I'd created and could quite easily step away from, but it was much more difficult than that. Johnny Vegas

The thing about Spike Lee... that's a deep experience to work with someone who is that intense and knows their vision that well. The character I play in 'Red Hook Summer' is super country and super loud. I suppose he is some version of myself. Jon Batiste

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