Character quotes

“You should try to show the most horrible characters as human as possible, to remind people that the true evil people in world history are not that far away that you can’t notice it.”
Tomas Arana

“I may be a dumb blonde, but I'm not that blonde.”
Patricia Neal

- Harlan: Just how disturbed are you?
- Rachel: I prefer "unique".
Garrett Hedlund - Harlan
Lindsay Lohan - Rachel

“Nice ass won't get you through your whole life. Once you turn thirty you better have a personality.”
Vince Vaughn - Raji

“I'm the person who's going to cut your dick off and glue it to your forehead so you look like a limp-dick unicorn. That's who the fuck I am.”
Melissa McCarthy - Susan Cooper

“- Peter: Wait, you're not gonna shoot me?
- Tris: Once a stiff, always a stiff.”
Miles Teller - Peter
Shailene Woodley - Tris

“I was raised to be a spoiled lady, not a renegade. One minute I think I have all the answers, and the next I am crying for a manicure.”
Salma Hayek - Sara Sandoval

“You have to get lost before you find yourself.”
Cara Delevingne - Margo

“Oh, that Burganoff. You never know if he's on his way to the washroom or the secret police.”
Tamara Shayne - Anna - Moscow Roommate

“- Carson Wells: Do you have any idea how crazy you are?
- Anton Chigurh: You mean the nature of this conversation?
- Carson Wells: I mean the nature of you.”
Woody Harrelson - Carson Wells
Javier Bardem - Anton Chigurh

“- Mrs. Aylwood: What sort of person are you?
- Jan Curtis: That's hard to say. Just average, I guess.
- Mrs. Aylwood: Are you adventurous? And kind? Are you kind?
- Jan Curtis: I... try to be.
- Mrs. Aylwood: And sensitive? Do you sense things?”
Bette Davis - Mrs. Aylwood
Lynn-Holly Johnson - Jan Curtis

“- Lem: Skiff, I'm not a zombie.
- Skiff: Yeah, that's what you zombies are programmed to say. Tell me something the real Lem would know.”
Justin Long - Lem
Seann William Scott - Skiff

“You are much more of an asshole than you initially appear.”
Greta Gerwig - Brooke

“- Jordan: A study at Harvard determined a person's longevity by the first thing they read in the paper.
- Detective Regis: I'm an obituary man.
- Jordan: Start with the comics; you'll live longer.”
Alan Alda - Jordan
Wesley Snipes - Detective Regis

“Don't ever become a pencil-pusher kid, they're spineless.”

Bill Murray - Vincent

- Skip Donahue: My name is Skip Donahue. I'm a playwright and I saw you do a scene from "Romeo and Juliet" at the Wilson Workshop. I want you to know that you were wonderful. I'm not just saying it to be kind. You were really lovely.
- Susan: If you don't get out of my way, I'm going to kick you in the nuts!
- Skip Donahue: Kick! In the nuts!... (continue)(continue reading)
Gene Wilder - Skip Donahue
Lee Purcell - Susan

“I've had exactly the kind of career I hoped for.”
Pat Hingle

“Before you can do something you must first be something.”
Sir John Gielgud

“Evil is such a simplistic way to describe any character.”
Denis O'Hare

“Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor.”
Orlando Jones

“Great, a Soul Train reject, with a Robin Hood complex.”
Aunjanue Ellis - Sistah Girl

“Whatever we think about our characters, there are people out there who think totally different things.”
Ron Rifkin

“If a character is convincingly expressing her or his humanity, they will be able to expound on any intellectual or scientific subject.”
Zach Grenier

“The most dynamic choices that you can make for a character are always the best ones.”
Peter Sarsgaard

“I still have a reputation as an eccentric. But the fact is that audiences probably mix up my roles with me as a person.”
Crispin Glover