Character Quotes · Page 200

Diaghilev was the first to notice good character dancers and that sort of thing.

— Ninette de Valois

The most fun part for an actor is the writing and the story and the character. That's very fulfilling.

— Dominique McElligott

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.

— Anonymous

There is a capacity of virtue in us, and there is a capacity of vice to make your blood creep.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

While an original is always hard to find, he is easy to recognize.

— John Landis Mason

“One thing I’ve learned in my business is that you can hide dirt for a while, but at some point, it all…

— Nita Prose

I always think it's really nice to see characters band together and fight for what they all believe in.

— Danielle Rose Russell

The way I live my life or conduct myself when I have a problem is very different from many of the characters…

— Joel Kinnaman

I don't intend to be insensitive to the victims and their families but, at the same time, as an actor, it's our…

— Mark Wahlberg

Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the…

— Ayn Rand

Casting is so important in horror. It's so important to have strong actors to tell a story because, if you don't believe…

— Alexandre Aja

I think ultimately one would say that the most difficult part of the Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer is the balancing…

— Tom Tykwer

I knew that I shouldn’t have, but I did it all the same; and there you have my epitaph, or one of…

— Michael Chabon

We do not see everything in the environment in the complete, totally resolved, explicit character of the photograph. We, in fact, prioritize…

— Burton Silverman

A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the "buffone", or clown, and was therefore the ape of…

— Ambrose Bierce

I Like Being Criticized, But In A Constructive One... Because Constructive Criticism Is Advice That Is Useful And Intended To Help Or…

— Pacifiersucker

Conscience, the sense of right, the power of perceiving moral distinctions, the power of discerning between justice and injustice, excellence and baseness,…

— William Ellery Channing

You have to have a character; you have to build your character. If you understand the pro wrestling scheme of things, then…

— Colby Covington

When virtue is pictured as innocence and innocence equated with childlikeness, the implication is obviously that knowledge and experience are no longer…

— Marina Warner

Positively, he [Heidegger] shows that the prospect of death doesn't of itself destroy all possibilities of meaning but calls instead for these…

— George Pattison

“Christian ethics makes sense of human life from a moral perspective, presenting us with a vision of what it means to be…

— Andrew Davison

It's nice to sort of walk in and at least create the illusion that you are, or your character is, a well-rounded…

— Luke Roberts

When writers are self-conscious about themselves as writers they often keep a great distance from their characters, sounding as if they were…

— Jerome Stern

The principle itself of dogmatic religion, dogmatic morality, dogmatic philosophy, is what requires to be rooted out; not any particular manifestation of…

— John Stuart Mill

I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.

— Karen Gillan

Dialogue is not always the best way to show emotion, to show your thought process, or to reveal yourself, as a character.

— Mike Colter

When you play a character with power and energy, people lock into that and go, "Oh, this must be the guy."

— Jeremy Piven

I'm fluent in Spanish, so I can do a character that speaks Spanish.

— Fabricio Werdum

Golf puts a man's character on the anvil and his richest qualities - patience, poise, restraint - to the flame.

— Billy Casper

If I get a good character, a suitable role, a good producer-director, only then will I do a film.

— Rajinikanth

The story line of my novel [The Kite Runner] is largely fictional. The characters were invented and the plot imagined.

— Khaled Hosseini

If you want to know someone's mind, listen to their words. If you want to know their heart, watch their actions.

— Anonymous

I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that…

— Richard Pryor

It is true that legality is not morality, and sticking to the law is necessary for good citizenship, but it is not…

— Julian Baggini

I like 'The Simpsons' quite a lot. I love the irreverent character of the whole show. It's great.

— Brian Greene

The authority you establish must emerge naturally from your character, from the particular strengths you possess.

— Robert Greene

“Don't bring your morality around me. Morals is for people who's already got food.”

— Adam Gidwitz

To many people virtue consists chiefly in repenting faults, not in avoiding them.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

There's the laws of society and morality and then there's the laws of the heart.

— Lela Loren

There's so many ways to play a bad guy, and usually people choose the obvious one.

— Jason Statham