The American President

Might this film hold the record for the number of uses of the term character?

President of the United States Andrew Shepherd tells Senior Domestic Policy Advisor Lewis Rothschild, "Hit yourself over the head..." (0:04)

White House Chief of Staff A. A. MacInerney tells White House Deputy Chief of Staff Leon Kodak, "... don’t be a nice sweet guy..." 
Lewis: ”... fight a war on drugs if we weren’t arming the drug dealers?” (0:07)

Susan Sloan tells lobbyist Leo Solomon, "It was aggressive..." (0:08)

White House Press Secretary Robin McCall tells Shepherd"... I would never dream of..." 
Shepherd: ”Robin, don’t worry about it.” (0:09)

His daughter Lucy tells Shepherd, "... drive me crazy with?" 
Shepherd: ”... you’re enthusiastic...” (0:10)

Lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade tells A. J., "The president’s dreaming... chief executive of fantasy land." (0:16)

Sydney tells Shepherd, "... was vanity run amok..." (0:18)

AJ tells Shepherd, referring to Sydney, "... apologize... for her behavior." 
”I feel a nightmare coming on.” 
Sydney: ”... Wilson was widowed...” (0:22)

Sydney asks Shepherd, "Are you learning impaired?" (0:26)

Her coworker David tells Sydney, "... You seem a little tense." (0:31)

Shepherd tells his daughter Lucy, "... I’m a little nervous." (0:33)

Shepherd tells Sydney, "They’re hammered." (0:37)

Sydney tells Leo, "... it was crazy..." (0:43)

Lucy tells Sydney, "... I should behave myself..." (0:49)

Senator: “So it comes down to character..." 
Senator Bob Rumson: ”... a good character debate...” 
Senator: ”Bob, the character debate didn’t work...” 
Rumson: ”... attacking his character less than a year after he’d lost his wife... was a widower.” 
Senator: ”But he’s still a widower...” (0:50)

Lucy answers Sydney, "... a nightmare... a social studies nightmare." (0:51)

Sydney tell Shepherd, "... open yourself up to character attacks..." 
Shepherd: ”... engaging in a character debate...” 
Shepherd: ”Sex and nervousness.” 
Sydney: ”Sex and nervousness...” 
Shepherd: ”... were nervous about having sex...” 
Shepherd: ”Are you nervous?” 
Sydney: ”My nervousness exists on several levels...” (1:00)

Sign: "THE PRIDE IS BACK" 
Rumson: ”... want the pride back?...” (1:03)

Sydney tells Shepherd, "Boy, Lewis would go nuts..." (1:04)

Robin: "... look like we’re panicking." 
Shepherd: ”... not to be panicking.” (1:05)

Reporter: "... kinds of character questions..." (1:08)

By telephone, Rumson tells someone, "... that’s very generous of you..." (1:09)

Robin: "... it’s a medium-sized nightmare..." (1:11)

Shepherd: "... Just out of curiosity..." 
Lewis: ”Sir, I’m not sure that’s the wisest course...” 
Robin: ”See, it’s already distracting you...” (1:12)

The florist clerk faints. (1:14)

By telephone, Shepherd tells Sydney, "... get into a character debate..." 
Sydney: ”... very smart.” (1:15)

Television reporter: "... President Shepherd’s character..." 
Sydney asks Shepherd, ”... How do you have patience...?” 
Shepherd: ”... losing my patience.” (1:18)

Gil tells Shepherd"... lunatic women..." 
Shepherd: ”It’s a world gone mad...” (1:20)

Leon tells Lewis, "... the country has mood swings." 
Lewis: ”Mood swings?... mood swings?” (1:20)

Sydney tells Esther and AJ, "... I got cut off by this idiot cab driver..." (1:21)

Shepherd tells Sydney"... proud of yourself." 
Sydney: ”No, I’ll be proud...” (1:26)

Leon tells Robin, "... Character across the board" (1:26)

Shepherd asks Lewis, "... You worried about...?" (1:29)

Shepherd tells Lucy, "Don’t worry about it..." (1:32)

Shepherd asks A. J., "If Mary hadn’t died..." 
”... go through a character debate...?” (1:37)

Robin: "... this kind of character debate." 
Shepherd: ”... about character... entirely about character... you’re smarter than I am... the symbol of your country... The symbol also has to... families and character... character debate... I lost one to cancer... aggressive stride... talk about character... talk about character...” (1:38)

Reference in Jackie Brown