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Character
You know, he would go and look at different funny books because he wanted his character to be different and make different faces. I saw a funny book in his room and it looked like the same character he was playing. It was about a duck.
你知道，他会去看不同的有趣的书，因为他希望他的角色是不同的，做不同的脸。我在他的房间里看到一本有趣的书，看起来就像他正在扮演的那个角色。是关于一只鸭子的。
Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
道德上的懦弱使我们不敢说出自己的想法，这对这个国家来说就像不负责任的言论一样危险。正确的方法并不总是受欢迎和容易的方法。在不受欢迎的时候坚持正义是对道德品质的真正考验。
Europe has found itself confronted with fresh challenges - challenges of a global character, the nature of which is directly connected with changes in the international climate and the difficulties of seeking new models for co-operation.
欧洲发现自己面临着新的挑战- -全球性的挑战，其性质与国际气候的变化和寻求新的合作模式的困难直接有关。
If you're playing the a historical character that's in the public consciousness, then obviously you've got to make an effort to look like that person and there's a huge amount of historical record there that you have to kind of comply to.
如果你扮演的是公众意识中的历史人物，那么很明显你必须努力让自己看起来像那个人，而且你必须遵守大量的历史记录。
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.
作为一名演员，我意识到所有的演员都认为自己有资格扮演任何角色。如果你给我看一个有黑人女性角色的剧本，我会告诉你我能做到。这就是我们所做的。我们表现得好像我们是另一个人。
I'll see a photograph of a character and try to copy them on to my face. I think I'm really observant, and thinking how a person is put together, seeing them on the street and noticing subtle things about them that make them who they are.
我会看到一个人物的照片，然后试着把它们复制到我的脸上。我认为我很善于观察，思考一个人是如何组成的，在街上看到他们，注意他们身上的细微之处，正是这些细微之处造就了他们。
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece -- by thought, choice, courage, and determination.
良好的品格比杰出的才能更值得称赞。在某种程度上，大多数才能都是一种天赋。相反，良好的品格不是赋予我们的。我们必须一步一步地建设它——通过思考、选择、勇气和决心。
Well, I go to the theater today, and its curtain - there is no curtain in this play; the lights go down and go up - and we start. And I live this character for two hours. There are only two of us in the play. And It's a complete experience.
嗯，我今天去剧院，它的幕布——这出戏没有幕布;灯光忽明忽暗，我们开始了。我演这个角色演了两个小时。剧中只有我们两个人。这是一次完整的体验。
In terms of the frustration of my character, I suppose any teenager has probably gone through that, in terms of telling their parents, I want to do one thing, and their parent says no. I think parents sometimes forget that they were children.
就我性格中的挫败感而言，我想任何一个青少年都可能经历过，就告诉他们的父母，我想做一件事，而他们的父母说不。我认为父母有时会忘记他们是孩子。
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.
人真正需要的不是一种没有紧张的状态，而是为一个值得自己去追求的目标而奋斗。他所需要的不是不惜任何代价释放紧张，而是一种潜在意义的召唤，等待着他去实现。
I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I am really looking for something that is moving or enlightening or something with depth as an actor. I look for these kinds of roles.
当这个角色有一些核心的东西时，我就很好。总有一个人类主题是我所关注的。作为一名演员，我真的在寻找一些感人或有启发性的东西，或者一些有深度的东西。我寻找这样的角色。
The trite answer is that everything is true but none of it happened. It is emotionally true, but the events, the plotting, the narrative, isn't true of my life, though I've experienced most of the emotions experienced by the characters in the play.
老生常谈的答案是，一切都是真的，但没有一件事发生过。这在情感上是真实的，但是事件，情节，叙述，并不是我生活的真实写照，尽管我经历了剧中角色所经历的大部分情感。
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I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.
我已经走了很远很远，但我的性格让我离家很近。
Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
播种一种行为，收获一种习惯。播种习惯，收获性格。播种一种性格，收获一种命运。
The character of a man is known from his conversations.
一个人的性格可以从他的谈话中看出。
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.
我们的性格基本上是由我们的习惯组成的。因为它们是一致的，往往是无意识的模式，它们每天不断地表达我们的性格。
Most of the time when I receive a script, it says something like 'Rosenberg is the fat, slovenly Mayor, who doesn't want the kids to use the skateboard park', or 'Stein is a pompous, rotund attorney, imposing to all.' It would be so freeing to get a script where my character is simply described as 'A Man'.
大多数时候，当我收到一份手稿时，上面写着类似这样的话:“罗森博格是一个肥胖、邋遢的市长，他不想让孩子们使用滑板公园”，或者“斯坦是一个自负、肥胖的律师，强加于所有人”。“如果能得到一个剧本，把我的角色简单地描述为‘一个男人’，那就太自由了。”
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
品格高于才智。伟大的灵魂不仅会思考，也会坚强地生活。