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Character
If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly.
如果这一切都失败了，那么一个人的性格就只能通过他所不善于接受的一个笑话来确定了。
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
我不在乎别人怎么看我做的事，但我非常在乎我怎么看我做的事!这是字符!
The more I love the character, the harder it is to get it wrong. I have to get to a point that I can speak for them.
我越喜欢这个角色，就越难犯错。我必须找到一个能代表他们说话的点。
To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.
要对一个著名人物的性格作出公正的评价，就必须以他所处时代的标准，而不是以我们这个时代的标准来判断。
No matter how heinous someone's behaviour, if you make them a comic character, you can't expect people to hate them.
不管一个人的行为多么令人发指，如果你把他们塑造成一个喜剧人物，你不能指望人们会讨厌他们。
If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.
如果小说家与人物分享他或她的问题，他或她就能研究他或她的个人潜意识。
Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.
高尔夫球的突然成功就像财富的突然获得。它容易使性格不安和恶化。
I don't try to live the life of my character but I think it's inevitable that there is some carry-over into your life.
我不想过我所扮演的角色的生活，但我认为这是不可避免的，你的生活中会有一些遗留问题。
Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
你的习惯是怎样的思想，你的性格也将是怎样的;因为灵魂被思想所染。
Well, I've always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys.
我一直都是一个角色演员，你知道，你总是会遇到一些坏人角色演员。
I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.
我对待任何场景都是一样的——对话，动作——你仍然在创造一些角色。都是演戏，打架。
Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.
品格——愿意为自己的生活承担责任——是自尊的源泉。
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I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.
我真的会设身处地地为角色着想。
But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a weekend, because I realized I was not contributing to the humor of this thing. And I had to do something.
但我所扮演的是一个艰难的小角色，一个非常有趣的小角色，是我在一个周末发明的，因为我意识到我并没有为这件事带来幽默。我必须做点什么。
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
几乎所有的人都能忍受逆境，但如果你想测试一个人的性格，给他力量。
I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.
我参与了一些动作场景，所以他们会训练我。我将和我的表演教练一起为我的角色做准备。
A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
一个人只是他思想的产物。他想什么就成为什么。
It's never been important to be a huge star or to have some breakout role. If you're the lead, you get a lot more screen time and you get a lot more chances to develop that character more thoroughly than you would if you do it in a little supporting part.
成为一名巨星或有一些突破性的角色从来都不重要。如果你是主角，你会有更多的屏幕时间，你会有更多的机会更全面地塑造这个角色，而不是在配角的角色上。