be a real character
be quite a character

Whatever the real character of the Queen, it must have been extraordinary.

Each room is slightly different and this gives the place real character.

"I'm always on the watch for singers with real character and presence."

"I started out with some real tough characters," she said.

That way a real character would never show up if someone looked at the file with an ordinary view program.

The real characters are in a large room opening onto a garden.

His family always insisted that the real character showed in times like these.

See what I mean about her being a real character!

We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend.

A real character, but getting a bit long in the tooth.