Caroll Spinney Quotes

I feel like I've come out of this grown up, maybe because I live through the character vicariously and she grows up so much during the course of this story.

They've turned this character into a human being.

The movies and TV shows I like to watch tend to put their characters in situations where they have to dig deeper.

I've been trying to take this journey over the last four years of getting away from playing manipulative and villainous characters and playing characters that are affected by what happens to them as opposed to unaffected.

I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.

Jacqueline Woodson's books are such a gift to parents and children for their poignant subtlety and lyricism and their willingness to let a reader dwell in the pangs of realization that we sometimes try to protect our children from.

I look to find the heart and soul of people, of my characters. I look for the truth of them and the truths about life that are presented through them.

Its not a story in which the characters grow up, but a story in which they draw on something already inside them, brought out by the particular circumstances. I want my young friends to live like that, and I think they, too, have such a wish.

My character in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' was kind of coming of age, learning about a world that was opening up to her.

'TMOK' is about the very interesting journey of a girl in a different situation, and different stories blend into one film. The film has a lot of emotional depth, and I am sure people will like it.

For me, there's a deeper genre appreciation for what a coming of age story can be about. To apply that to a superhero world, for me, that was very exciting.

I'm the youngest of six. When you're in a big family, you get put to the test right away. Do I like being the center of attention? Or do I not like it? You have to make that decision a lot growing up. I knew from a very young age that I liked it.

Jughead, to me, was reflective of a teen experience that made a lot of sense to me.

I love roles where it's not about being perfect or being beautiful, where there is more of an interest in what's going on inside the character.

What we are, the experiences we've had, come to the surface.

You can play women who have a face on or who zip something up, but you have to dig deeper to actually find the humanity and real aspects.

I may have got a little carried away and many critics found fault with some aspects of the film, but as a coming of age film of a character, 'Vaaranam Ayiram' worked with the audience.

Coming-of-age stories in high school are exciting because everything that happens during that time is very heightened.

For me, Miranda has always been a much deeper character than the three-minute videos I put online.

You make your own kinds of mistakes, and I’m sure you’ll have your share of regrets in life. But commitment was never your problem, sweetie. You have a better chance of making this work than most forty-year-olds I know. My little middle-aged child. Luckily, you seem to have found another old soul.

Part of life is learning what to be ashamed of and what to be proud of.

The most human thing about anyone is a thing he learns and ... and earns. It's a thing he can't have when he's very young; if he gets it at all, he gets it after a long search and a deep conviction. After that it's truly part of him as long as he lives.

The lives of men who have been always growing are strewed along their whole course with the things they have learned to do without.

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

You're always trying to look for material that is as challenging as possible, so that's why I like stuff where the characters go through the most difficult times they've ever had in their life. It makes me push myself further and learn more about myself.