Garth Risk Hallberg
Related To anybody who says to me, 'I'm in character,' I say, 'You should be in an asylum.&#... D. B. SWEENEY I don't know what I am. I guess you can call me a character actor in the sense that I'll nev... JENNIFER COOLIDGE My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I'm playing a character who&#... AIDAN QUINN RICHARD PRICE SUE MENGERS BARACK OBAMA DEREK JETER ANN BEATTIE The leading character isn't always the most important or interesting character; when people thin... PILOU ASBAEK It had to be a book that held my attention and kept me wanting to read it; when my husband finished ... RACHEL TUCKER I love escaping into character. It's a chance to try on people that you wouldn't be brave or... ANDREA CORR GERMANY KENT The way I approach the character isn't about being gay or straight. It's just about who you ... MIA KIRSHNER You can't wait for someone to give you a show. That can't be the first time you're writi... REBECCA SUGAR SPIKE LEE I haven't experienced college life. It's the phase that my character in 'Raanjhana' ... DHANUSH PAT RILEY People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, ... BARRY LOPEZ GARTH RISK HALLBERG It's so important just to be true to yourself and to own your own character and take responsibil... BECKY LYNCH It seems everyone wants to know if I have an eating disorder, and playing an anorexic character on &... ALICE GRECZYN PADMA LAKSHMI Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believin... HALEY JOEL OSMENT STEVE CARELL VIKRAM SETH CHRISTIAN BALE I wasn't, like, pretty enough to be the ingenue; I wasn't 'character' enough to be t... KAY CANNON RACHEL BILSON COREY HAWKINS Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go. JACK HUSTON J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI In a novel, you have space to develop a character or a scene. You don't have that luxury in a 70... KIRBY LARSON VERONICA ROTH GREG RUCKA If I'm not clear with the character, I can't do anything with it. But once I get that charac... ELIZA COUPE A lot of reality shows tend to harp on the negative. The person isn't pretty enough or can't... BRUCE NASH DEYTH BANGER JOE PATERNO Confident people, who understand comedy, improvise so much better than people who are scared. You ca... MARLON WAYANS I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a... WALLACE SHAWN The main thing in acting is honesty, to feel the humanity and get to the essence of the character. Y... GENEVIEVE BUJOLD RACHEL MCADAMS Well, the medium of film is so different than a book that just by bringing it into visual storytelli... MELISSA ROSENBERG I don't know if it's the sunshine, or the fact that I actually have a job, but I do like L.A... RICH SOMMER I... had guys on the set who didn't like me... they weren't interested in the cold character... CATHERINE KEENER I'm old enough to have friends and contemporaries who have long since retired, and that's th... MIKE LEIGH JACK MCBRAYER My aspiration isn't to be famous; it's to design clothes. If that gets me attention at the e... SOFIA RICHIE RAYMOND BONNER Well, you know, I don't think anyone who writes a television series has a master plan from the b... CHARLIE DAY I'm not one of those actors who gets so taken by a role that I can't live my life. I'm t... BILLY PORTER You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't ... IMELDA STAUNTON JENNIFER LOPEZ If you can write a character who is attractive but morally reprehensible, then you've got a char... JEZ BUTTERWORTH E. W. HOWE Privacy is important to me. But it's not just about sticking two fingers up and saying I don'... NATALIE DORMER JIM ROHN JOYCE MEYER I didn't see my character, Core, as a cannibal but as somebody who is extremely passionate and w... BEATRICE DALLE DEREK JETER ELIZABETH HURLEY You wouldn't expect a Christian character to be an Indie rocker guy. SAMUEL LARSEN Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff... ZACK SNYDER CRAIG GROESCHEL I can't understand people who give up and commit suicide. If I have a bad day, I figure tomorrow... ROD MCKUEN DAVID LEVITHAN If you have a success in your life, why can't we hold on to that? Why can't that be good eno... JAKE PALTROW PHILIPPE PETIT Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the exp... ROSABETH MOSS KANTER I'm very much a believer in the character always heading for something or after something. But t... MONICA DOLAN GEORGE CLOONEY TODD ENGLISH Normally, it's one or the other - a pretty, straight woman or a more charactery woman who isn... BECKI NEWTON C. S. LEWIS SANDRA LEE Risk isn't a word in my vocabulary. It's my very existence. SLASH GEORGE R. R. MARTIN R. LEE ERMEY I don't have an interest in any car that isn't good for the environment, other than maybe an... EMILE HIRSCH The don't-ask-don't-tell approach to plot and character that 'The Hurt Locker' relie... JONATHAN DEE DONNIE YEN MARGARET ATWOOD ETHEL WATERS PHILIP JOHNSON I take my hat off to mums who have lots of kids. Anyone that says being a mum isn't a full-time ... ASHLEY JENSEN I can't think of anyone who is up on evolutionary psychology and related areas who is deluded en... KEITH HENSON I play a character every day of my life, and I don't want to play a character as myself. They ca... ANNA FRIEL JANET SUZMAN CHUCK BERRY RUSSELL CROWE BRANDON SANDERSON To be honest, I am somebody that, as long as I have a character, it doesn't really matter if it&... HANNAH TOINTON If I don't love my character, I can't do it. TAHAR RAHIM ROWAN ATKINSON Everyone can do a character the way they want to do it, unless the director tells them not to, which... BARRET OLIVER I don't take roles I can't respect. If I can't find a reason to be respectful of the cha... ESTHER ROLLE JOHN CIARDI VICTORIA PENDLETON I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the characte... VANESSA LENGIES You can't form a character without being completely comfortable with who you are as a person. CANDIS CAYNE
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DAVID HALLBERG I walk like a duck: very straight up and down. Or like a penguin. It's a dead giveaway that I... DAVID HALLBERG It's a thrill for me and for the players. It might not be the NCAA Tournament and it might not have ... BOB HALLBERG We certainly want to go out there and show we can play, but an important part of this time of year i... BOB HALLBERG She's really been wonderful for us, and she's made such a big difference coming off the bench. It's ... BOB HALLBERG If I can relay anything, it's that if someone has a dream, and it isn't the norm of what oth... DAVID HALLBERG Every company has its own texture, vocabulary, and singular place in dance history, and I have alway... DAVID HALLBERG Many dancers are content with the repertoire they're given. Others are dissatisfied but don'... DAVID HALLBERG To be honest, my partner Natasha is my inspiration. She is who I reference when searching for my rol... 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DAVID HALLBERG I've been interested in art and fashion for as long as I can remember because they are so visual... DAVID HALLBERG I love the dancers in the Bolshoi, but all of my Moscow friends are outside the company. A friend in... DAVID HALLBERG I sew my own shoes. Other male dancers don't, but I like it one way, and I've learned to do ... DAVID HALLBERG New York at times runs me dry because there's so much to do. There's never enough time to do... DAVID HALLBERG I will never stop questioning. I will never stop wanting more and discovering other things and wanti... DAVID HALLBERG Ballet is incestuous. This world is smaller than small. DAVID HALLBERG Having done so many versions, I never felt like an artist in 'Swan Lake.' DAVID HALLBERG When stress sets in, and pressure, I focus. 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GARTH ENNIS I'm sure you're aware, with the time it takes to put these books together, everything can su... GARTH ENNIS If you look at Marvel Comics, there are very few Marvel characters I would like to write. GARTH ENNIS It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a ... GARTH ENNIS Most regular superhero books are designed to go on forever; of course, very few of them do, but the ... GARTH ENNIS There's immense fun to be had as long as you can sort of sneak it past DC. I have been told on o... GARTH ENNIS Wouldn't want to write the X-Men, and I suppose the X-Men is the ultimate Marvel comic, and I re... GARTH ENNIS Yeah, Hitman I suppose is most of the time a lighter read than Preacher; it was always going to be. GARTH ENNIS With a mini series you can give the story a proper sense of pacing, a proper sense of closure. GARTH ENNIS I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with... GARTH ENNIS The comics I read as a kid were much more influenced by TV and movies. Encountering superheroes as a... GARTH ENNIS Hitman does well and it certainly does well enough to survive, but at the same time I don't want... GARTH ENNIS It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly in... GARTH ENNIS Preacher is a book that somehow allows me time by its settling on it's characters, that sort of ... GARTH ENNIS You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of missi... GARTH ENNIS I can't really put it in one sentence because although on one hand Preacher is about faith and y... GARTH ENNIS I loved 'Monsoon Wedding' and 'Lunchbox' because they had 'real' stories. I ... GARTH DAVIS I like to be involved with the scriptwriter early on, helping shape the story, and working out how t... GARTH DAVIS Most of the available Indian films in Australia are Bollywood. I did not watch them. In my early day... GARTH DAVIS There's no doubt that 'Lion' is an audience pleaser. I mean, I went to a lot of research... GARTH DAVIS Audiences are smart, and they don't need to be spoon-fed everything. GARTH DAVIS I've always just focused on the work, and I've just tried to be honest with the work. If the... GARTH DAVIS I love going to the cinema and thinking you're seeing something, and you end up on a whole other... GARTH DAVIS The way I work is I like to immerse myself in the world of the film and in the character's lives... GARTH DAVIS I definitely storyboard, but I only start once I have cast and location. I like to find the world fi... GARTH DAVIS Filmmaking is not a job but a social responsibility for me. GARTH DAVIS I'm just trying to approach what I make with as much respect and research as I can, and just mak... GARTH DAVIS GARTH BROOKS GARTH BROOKS GARTH BROOKS GARTH BROOKS GARTH BROOKS GARTH BROOKS GARTH BROOKS GARTH BROOKS
If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write abo... 
Stars are rare creatures, and not everyone can be one. But there isn't anyone on earth - not you... 
Let's be honest - tracking down, rounding up, and deporting millions of people isn't realist... 
Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person. 
Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interest... 
Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... 
There's an unwritten law that you cannot have a Jewish character in a film who isn't 100 per... 
Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant chang... 
You assumed whatever was vivid to yourself was vivid to others, and vice versa, but she was going to... 
I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediat... 
You never saw Peter Sellers the actor trying to make you laugh. All he was doing was the character. ... 
I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside. 
I tend to stay in character between scenes... to be rather serious on set, but here's why, and I... 
I don't mind being the center of attention as a character but in real life it's not for me. 
The only thing that I know how to do as an actor, as a trained actor, is you can't villainize th... 
I can easily come up with ten really iconic stories/trade paperbacks for Superman, Batman, others...... 
In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to ... 
A character wandering around asking, 'Who am I?' isn't, in and of itself, a story I'... 
oh, oh GreenHollyWood says with a smile and even and angry sounds like devil who comes from hell... ... 
My thing was play as hard as you can, don't be stupid, pay attention to details, and have enough... 
I love those preliminary conversations about who a character is. You try on wigs, shoes and clothes.... 
In cartoons and in improv, anything can happen. You can be any character you want. The rules of real... 
The Philippines is a country in which a man of morals can't be president, in which a politician ... 
You have to come in and be that character when you walk into the room. That's what one of my fir... 
A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees th... 
Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It... 
People who don't know the true character of God - who don't believe He is merciful, gracious... 
You're a person a lot longer before and after you're a professional athlete. People always s... 
I certainly don't want a child of mine to be famous, or anyone I was very close to who isn't... 
Don't settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God crea... 
I can honestly say I've never thought for a second about whether a character reflects poorly on ... 
The wire is a safe place for me to be. The street is not. Life is not. It's a rigorous and simpl... 
The idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me. I mean, guys ... 
I've got a really great team around me. They're the ones that are in the restaurants on a da... 
You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me. 
Raising myself and caring for my brothers and sisters allowed me the benefit of a lot of information... 
I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a fri... 
I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character. 
My action follows my characters. If a character is a cop, you cannot be posing all the time, you can... 
If you feel that there's the author and then the character, then the book is not working. People... 
I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn... 
Concrete you can mold, you can press it into - after all, you haven't any straight lines in your... 
I mean one of the basic rules when you're acting is that you mustn't stand in judgement on a... 
Respect isn't enough. You've got to have a proprietary interest. 
I'm a virtuoso in my job in that there's not an actor I can't go into a scene with and b... 
I will not read the last page of novels first," I said, and then punched myself in the face.
I think the character does tend to suit an episodic thing, because what's fun about him is that ... 
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. 
People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, a... 
I'm trying to focus on my job as I see it, which is to write the next thing and to remain, to th... 
I think several generations of my family had novels in the drawer. You know the montage in 'The ... 
I can take the steel guitars and fiddles off, we can make it a little more pop, cover ideas that are... 
I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anac... 
Our dog, Comet, is a Lab/poodle mix. She's goofy and silly and sweet. 
Anyone who has a dog knows that they have some very deep thoughts, that they have moods and emotions... 
If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good bo... 
I like movies in particular, on video or T.V. I have lots of old favorites, like Danny Kaye in '... 
I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a b... 
Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers. 
Because of the changes in the Padres team I played with last year, I felt like a veteran recently wh...