Francois Arnaud Quotes

Before you can do something you must first be something.

Well, I think that in every character there are little bits and pieces of yourself.

I think the thing about keeping your character fresh is, when you change as an individual, you have to flow with it.

There was a time when I only wanted to show off, but as I've grown older, I've realised that acting isn't an end in itself. You act to communicate something, and if you have to use an accent or become thin or fat, that's part of your job.

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

Every character is a part of you and a part of the character that you are going to evolve into that you are not yet.

The real preparation for education is a study of one's self. The training of the teacher...is something far more than a learning of ideas. It includes the training of character; it is a preparation of the spirit.

Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.

Until we see what we are, we cannot take steps to become what we should be.

It is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.

So I always think it's important to allow someone to reveal themself. If you notice something about someone that you like, it could really tell you something about who they are during a time of trial. The truth will come out.

One is made by all the things around one. There are many things that have made one. For a writer to go around looking for things that have made him is asking for trouble. It's like giving a character to yourself. Can't do it. Can't do it. These things are just there. Is that enough?

I am still a person with a sense of superficiality that I'm trying to challenge.

I'm not interested in nostalgia; I'm interested in who I am.

Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it. Either the character helps you discover that element of you or the other way around, where that element of you helps you discover the character.

In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul.

To explore different parts of yourself and different emotional lives... not to hide from who you are but to actually explore who you are.

I prefer stories about people who are, in a sense, trying to find better versions of themselves.

No single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. It would be a bit too easy if we could go about borrowing ready-made souls.

I want to explore more sides of humanity and myself. That's what acting is about.

You cannot travel within and stand still without.

I still feel like I have a lot of growing up to do 'til I find the voice. Everybody has their own voice and their own thing they want to say to the world.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

I think you only learn what kind of personality you have by committing to things.