“Every character lives in ever actor and if you're doing your job right, you're just accessing that part of your fantasy life. I can kill someone just as quickly as I can have sex with someone. You can switch that instinct, no matter what - you can pretend anything.” IfsI CanMatterCharacterJobsActorsSexFantasyNo Matter WhatInstinctFantasy Life Author:Matthew Lillard
“For me it's about the character, not as much about the genre of it [movie]. I'm excited that I get to work and play interesting characters and I'm not just the girl who gets to play the girlfriend or the wife. I get to play real women who have struggles and troubles and passions and that's always what I hope to do no matter what format that lies in.” RealMatterPlayCharacterLyingGirlPassionInterestingStruggleWifeTroubleNo Matter WhatExcitedGenreGirlfriendFormatInteresting CharactersReal WomenWork And Play Author:Ali Larter
“No matter what we say, entertainers are usually quite insecure, wobbly characters underneath, and maybe that bit of glory or that bit of expression or whatever it is compensates in some area.” MatterCharacterBitsExpressionGloryAreasNo Matter WhatInsecureEntertainers Author:Robert Plant
“I concentrate on character, theme, language, structure, voice. It actually surprises me that no matter what I write, people declare it "intently political." I'm just writing about the world I know, as it is. Wounds and griefs included.” PeopleKnowsWorldWritingMatterCharacterPoliticalLanguageVoiceGriefNo Matter WhatStructureSurpriseWoundsThemeSurprise Me Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“No matter what character your play. I feel like whenever anyone is honest and whole and well-written, you're going to be able to connect to that person because we're all kinda made up of the same stuff and I think that's always one of the really powerful things about approaching each individual character and role and film.” ThinkingFeelsWellsPersonsMadeMatterPlayWholeCharacterAbleFilmIndividualStuffPowerfulRolesWrittenHonestNo Matter WhatAll KindsWell WrittenReally Powerful Author:Ellen Page
“Most games follow a real railroad plot, no matter what you want, you're following their storyline to its unavoidable conclusion. I'd like to write a game where your character can follow any number of possible story arcs and sub-plots.” WantWritingRealMatterCharacterStoriesGamesNumbersNo Matter WhatFollowingWhat You WantConclusionPlotArcsRailroadsStoryline Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“As an actor, you can't judge. A great actress from Spain said, "We, the actors, are lawyers of the characters we play. We have to defend them, no matter what."” SaidMatterPlayCharacterActorsJudgingNo Matter WhatActressesLawyerSpain Author:Javier Bardem
“The goal, I suppose, any fiction writer has, no matter what your subject, is to hit the human heart and the tear ducts and the nape of the neck and to make a person feel something about the characters are going through and to experience the moral paradoxes and struggles of being human.” FeelsHumansHeartPersonsMatterCharacterGoalFictionMoralStruggleSubjectsTearsNo Matter WhatNecksParadoxBeing HumanHuman HeartFiction Writers Author:Tim O'Brien
“If you never fall in love with your character, you'll never be able to do that character justice. No matter who it is, no matter what the character does, you have to find the reason for it. Everyone's got a reason for what they do, even if it's a reason that they're not proud of.” IfsDoeMatterReasonCharacterAbleFallJusticeLove YouProudNo Matter WhatFalling In LoveNever Fall In Love Author:Hugh Jackman
“I definitely wanted to pay homage to what he did and use his performance in the first one as a foundation. But, I had to make it my own. I couldn't sit there and try to imitate Michael Clarke Duncan. I think that would have been disastrous. I had to make it my own. I tried to take as many nuances that he had with the character and utilize them as best I could, while creating a character that was unique to me. That's going to happen, no matter what.” ThinkingTryingFirstsHas BeensMatterCharacterUseHappensWantedMy OwnPayCreatingUniquePerformancesNo Matter WhatFoundationNuanceHomageDuncan Author:Dennis Haysbert
“No matter what you set out to do and how you set out to do it, you ultimately have to be who you are, and who you are as that character. So, I paid as much homage as I could to what Michael Clarke did, and had to rely on my own gifts to guide me through it.” MatterCharacterMy OwnPaidNo Matter WhatWho You AreGuidesRelyHomageBe Who You AreGuide Me Author:Dennis Haysbert
“When there's characters out there that don't have humor, I don't find them as believable, because we all have humor, no matter what level it is, we all use it every day, no matter what situation we're in, we'll try and have a bit of a laugh even if it goes wrong.” IfsTryingMatterCharacterUseBitsLevelsSituationLaughingNo Matter WhatBelievable Author:Rhys Darby
“No matter what the characters you play, you have to find the differences in them, especially when you are doing a political movie.” MatterPlayCharacterPoliticalDifferencesNo Matter What Author:Jessica Chastain
“Americans like warm characters. It's why, no matter what he did in the early days, they kind of resonated to Bill Clinton because he seems like a guy that you could sit down and have a burger and a beer with. It's even why, despite the fact that he sometimes seemed to be not firing on all cylinders, lots of them still like George W. Bush - because he seemed like the kind of guy you could have a burger and a beer with.” KindStillsSometimesMatterCharacterFactsSeemsGuyDown AndNo Matter WhatBillsClintonWarmDespiteBeerFiringBurgersCylinders Author:Anna Quindlen
“Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story, of character, of empathetic involvement.” LongMatterCharacterStoriesStyleReaderEmpathyNo Matter WhatGenreInvolvementVariationEmpathetic Author:Dean Koontz
“No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central to a citizen's decision in voting.” GivingMatterCharacterPoliticalHouseNamesDecisionJudgingCitizensNo Matter WhatCandidatesVoting Author:Roger Mudd
“The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing.” PeopleFeelsMatterCharacterEmotionalNo Matter WhatAuthenticity Author:David O. Russell