Character Quotes · Page 194

“You can easily judge the character of a person by how he treats those who can do nothing for him”

— Anonymous

I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist.

— David McCullough

Pay attention to the way your boyfriend treats others, because one day he will treat you that way as well.

— Anonymous

From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters.

— Nadine Gordimer

My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job.

— Carey Mulligan

Muhammad Ali was such an original - his antics, his character, his charisma, his strength, his individuality.

— Jon Jones

I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do.

— Cate Blanchett

“In our lives, we don’t always get what we deserve or what we want. But how we deal with those misfortunes mold…

— Jeff Wheeler

I just like a good story. I want the story to be good and I want the character to be different than…

— Garret Dillahunt

When you are dealing with approximately two-plus hours every few years to do a story, you don't have the luxury of having…

— Michael Uslan

I guess Im attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And its why I tend to write about older characters, too,…

— Conor McPherson

I've always felt that almost every part I've played has been a character part. I mean, I look at it that way.…

— Robert Redford

When you take on a role, even if the character is somebody that you are dissimilar to, you have to identify with…

— Jesse Eisenberg

Seeming devotion does but gild a knave, That's neither faithful, honest, just, nor brave; But where religion does with virtue join, It…

— Edmund Waller

Women have, commonly, a very positive moral sense; that which they will, is right; that which they reject, is wrong; and their…

— Henry Adams

The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.

— Fisher Ames

I told my friend - we were working on a movie together - and he gave me a script and asked me…

— Karla Souza

Presenting Aschenbach as a composer - based on Mahler - leads to some dreadful scenes (especially those in which Aschenbach is berated…

— Philip Kitcher

When I was a little kid, I wrote this play about all these characters living in a haunted house. There was a…

— Mindy Kaling

Guys who are larger than life and theatrical and deliciously unpredictable - they're far more interesting than the good guys most of…

— Ron Perlman

All are agreed that the various moral qualities are in a sense bestowed by nature: we are just, and capable of temperance,…

— Aristotle

I play guys who are willing to go really far. If the dung really hits the fan, I don't know if I…

— Elias Koteas

The Pixar people continuously amaze me. They come up with something that actually looks as though it takes place in this happy,…

— Tom Hanks

In the years since I worked with John Hughes, there were many years where I literally had hundred of doors slammed in…

— Anthony Michael Hall

You cannot dream yourself into a character, you must hammer and forge yourself once...

— Pooja

I love making characters real and believable, through my own experience and choices.

— Minka Kelly

All you really have when you're acting is the confidence and your ability to manage and tell a story by creating a…

— Billy Crudup

“To bad guys arent like Mr. Potato head where you can pick and chose which parts you want.”

— Susane Colasanti

“No other being is lesser human than the one who thinks of others as such.”

— Abhijit Naskar

In real life, I'm a large character, and I need the space and platform to be large.

— Lauren Ashley Carter

Sin is lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition, or state

— Augustus Hopkins Strong

“Dedication can change a person but character determines who You remain”

— Jan Jansen Easy Branches

My heart laments that virtue cannot live Out of the teeth of emulation.

— William Shakespeare

What I like about theatre is the responsibility you have with your character.

— Audrey Tautou

To play a character is to inhabit the world and the life of that character.

— Kelli O'Hara

It's very weird trying to imagine yourself as a 'comedy character.'

— Mae Martin

Competing at the highest level is the greatest test of one's character.

— Russell Mark

There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

Han Solo has always been - and I think for a lot of people, too - this iconic character who's the absolute…

— Marjorie Liu

When you play so many outcasts and derelicts, or even a murderer, you need to play someone healthy.

— William Sanderson