It was amazing that during rehearsals, without any of the costume on, the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time, I didn't know I was doing it.

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana.

A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you.

I think situations are more important than plot and character.

Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a script with a black woman character I would tell you that I could do it. That is what we do. We act as if we are someone else.

I wouldn't say I've changed my mind. I changed some of my natural habits, some of my natural character.

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

Theater actors like to change character roles. They don't like to always do the same thing.

What is more important is finding the soul of the character, and making sure it fits well into this story. And that it be dramatic and interesting and captivating, because these people weren't entertainers, you know.

What we do should have a Canadian character. Nobody looks his best in somebody else's clothes.

I thought some of Mrs. White's material was prophetic. I felt some of her insights were extremely helpful and I regarded her as a sister in the Lord. I wasn't out to attack Ellen White's character.

I really believed that if I could play that character, who is grounded in the earth and the history of the United States - not the kind of role I usually play - it would help me change the perception out there and my own perception of what I can accomplish as a performer.