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Any decision that's made about my career is ultimately my decision, and it's helped me not to plan too much. I've never been the guy thinking, 'I want to do a play this year, I want to do this kind of movie or this kind of character.' I don't have that sort of control.

Character Decision Me Control Plan

I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.

Frances McDormand

Life Work Stars Character Simple

I don't want to play the same character seven times. I think people would probably get bored of it.

Anna Popplewell

Character People Think Play Want

Character is primary. What happens as far as plot and events is not as intriguing to me as what's happening inside this particular person.

Alice McDermott

Character Me Person Events Inside

My look and my character come from my experiences as a child. I wasn't allowed to have girl toys, and I grew up poor. I also had a rough relationship with my stepdad.

Girl Character Relationship Child Up

Not even Trump's father's wealth, nor his father's faith in his son's destiny, could save Trump from incessant discipline. At the age of 13, he was shipped off to the New York Military Academy, which employed brutal tactics for the remaking of delinquent character, even resorting to violence to assert control over the boys.

Father Son Age Character Faith

My character, Taylor McKessie, is a little bit brighter in the math and science department than I am... okay, a lot.

Monique Coleman

Character Science I Am Okay Little

I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'

Taylor Sheridan

Character Myself Me Book Camera You

With any actor, if you know your character well enough, you'll know pretty much what he would say under any circumstance, or whatever situation might rear its head.

Character Enough You Situation Know

Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go.

Character Die Go Rule Get Number

I've seen other actresses refuse to be ugly. Even if the story line calls for it or the character calls for it, they just can't go there for vanity's sake, and they don't want to be perceived in an ugly way. I was like, 'Nah, I wanna go for this.'

Character Ugly Story Vanity Go Want

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Character Knowledge Power Respect

When I prepare for a role, I try to get inside the character's head and understand him.

Character Understand Try Inside Head

Acting is fascinating to me. I love unlocking the mysteries with characters and finding out what would be the most intriguing aspect of that character to exist in. Figuring out a person and getting to be a different person every day, hey - that's pretty lucky. I don't have to wake up and be Amanda if I don't feel like it. You know, that's fun.

Love Character Day Fun Me Wake Up

To create a fully formed character full of life, struggle, and humanity is tough.

Life Character Struggle Tough Create

I want to play a range, from victims to strong people, just as long as it's a well-rounded character. And it's not a woman who's just there for the purpose of the man.

Character Woman Man Purpose People

I like doing what I do, but I like having the opportunity to do different things, and obviously comedy would be a fun jump. I've just been lucky enough to stay working. In my case, playing intense roles or playing character roles is something that people will hire me for, but yeah, I'd like somebody to think I'm funny. I guess we all do, right?

Funny Character Opportunity Fun Me

Novels are political because in them, we try to identify with people who are not like us. And, in that sense, I like the first-person singular because I have to imitate accurately the voice of someone who is not like me. The third-person singular gives me an authority over a character.

Character People Me Voice Political

I do voices. I can sound like a man or cartoon character. I also have very believable Spanish and English accents.

Jessie James Decker

Character Man I Can Sound Cartoon

I don't know that 'NCIS: Los Angeles' is a complete reinvention, but I'm playing one of the guys in charge this time. Before I'd be cast as a young impressionable character. I think part of that is just being more mature.

Chris O'Donnell

Character Time Think Know Young

The thing about Precious, she's so far from a Hollywood character. She's so honest and real, I definitely felt like I knew her.

Gabourey Sidibe

Character Hollywood She Real Honest

As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're the character.

Character Book Believe Someone You

I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part.

Love Character Someone You Lost

Most of the roles I've had, usually the story's about how the man affects my character.

Character Man Story Affects Most

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