Character Quotes · Page 190

The more varied the characters, the better, as far as I'm concerned.

— Tim Roth

A character on a page has to feel real, and for me the greatest fun is if you could gender-swap the role.

— Natalie Dormer

You know, I really do have some morals. I do actually care about people. And I do have a political standpoint.

— Lars von Trier

In violent streets and broken homes, the cry of anguished souls is not for more laws but for more conscience and character.

— Cal Thomas

The moral law is simply the way we think our own freedom as self-determination.

— Allen W. Wood

I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities.

— Walt Disney

I think it's important to change and not be associated with your character too much.

— Rose Leslie

There is no need to smear my name or to defame my character for the sake of news.

— Ricky Williams

I'm always determined that as a novelist I'm going to go out there and research my characters very thoroughly before I start…

— Chris Cleave

It's a lot of feelings, I think, when people so strongly associate an actor with a character they play - but the…

— Liza Weil

Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly,…

— Lord Chesterfield

Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot…

— Frederick Douglass

The description of my character in the first few movies I did was always 'nerdy,' but I liked that; it was way…

— Winona Ryder

“What blurt is this about virtue and about vice? Evil propels me and reform of evil propels me, I stand indifferent, My…

— Walt Whitman

The deeper and richer a personality is, the more full it is of paradox and contradiction. It is only a shallow character…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Females in our generation morals are just out the window. Materialistic things aren't life. I'd rather walk in the rain with a…

— Jhene Aiko

You could say that Iron Man was a second-tier character, and it turned out very successfully. I simply think it's down to…

— Martin Campbell

There is nothing, not a thing, like the process of creating a character for the stage - you can't get it anywhere…

— Jonny Lee Miller

When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves…

— Taylor Swift

Carefully observe the natural laws in operation in the world around you, and live by them. From following them, you will learn…

— Benjamin Hoff

A lot of actors say that no villain wants to be a villain, generally. They don't might being evil, maybe, but they…

— Liam McIntyre

Perhaps, indeed, there are no truly universal ethics: or to put it more precisely, the ways in which ethical principles are interpreted…

— Howard Gardner

I think the idea is to try and understand everything about the characters and where the character is coming from, from their…

— Paul Dano

I'm crazy about Grant: his character, his nature, his science in fighting and everything else. But I don't like the idea that…

— Shelby Foote

Those lovers scorn whom thatlove doth possess? Do they call virtue there ungratefulness?

— Anonymous

I grew up in a refugee camp in Uganda, and I lived there for 30 years. That shapes one's character.

— Paul Kagame

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

A library is where you meet fascinating characters you never forget.

— Judy Blume

I would tell any actress that the trick is to play all the female characters on your show, and then all the…

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

I felt proud that I lent my voice for a legendary character in an animated movie.

— Kunal Kapoor

Remember what Bogie and my mother both used to say: 'Character is the most important thing. All that matters is character!'

— Lauren Bacall

The value of an aware is inextricably linked to the character of the organization presenting it.

— William Barr

Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.

— John Dryden

French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well.

— Edward Sapir

The future of the country depends upon the character of the people living in the country

— Anonymous

Nobody's ever kept their sitcom character going after the show's off the air.

— Megan Mullally

I have always believed the thesis that one's politics and the character of one's intellectual work are inseparable.

— Whitfield Diffie

I have a tendency as an actress in general to ground my characters. Even when doing outlandish characters, that's my instinct.

— Kate Burton

One of my complaints with American TV characters is that they all have a particular schtick, a hook.

— Kevin McKidd

Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled.

— John Milton