Character Quotes · Page 214

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

— Simone Weil

I don't know what's wrong with me - I don't know why I only get picked to play strange characters!

— Olly Alexander

In 'Nach... ', I go all out, but 'Saraswati... ' is an introvert character. The two things are totally opposite.

— Gautam Rode

Some empirical feelings, such as sympathy, are indispensable parts of certain moral virtues.

— Allen W. Wood

I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.

— Jeremy Renner

“It's clear to me that if we raise children with no moral compass, we are planting the seeds of our own destruction.”

— Glenn Beck

The Moral Law tells us the tune we have to play: our instincts are merely the keys.

— C. S. Lewis

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine ACTIONS than in the non-performance of base ones.

— Aristotle

Know what's important and what isn't. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the…

— Mark Goulston

“...consider yourself a functional character in someone else's novel - a background character - a person on the street - that's the…

— John Geddes

Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of…

— Benjamin Disraeli

I would think that would be really liberating to play like a real cad or a villain or something like that, and…

— Luke Wilson

When you throw punches at actors, you stop, you pull it, and it looks like you pulled it. When you throw punches…

— Brendan Fraser

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the…

— Francine Rivers

I was playing this horrible part. I didn't didn't want to play it because the character was an awful racist. But I'm…

— Richard Widmark

“I’m talking about changing the rules of the game, taking control of the field. All these pedestrian notions about morality and dignity…

— S.G. Redling

Blue is the only color which maintains its own character in all its tones it will always stay blue; whereas yellow is…

— Raoul Dufy

There are certain stereotypes that are offensive. Some of them don't worry me, though. For instance, I have always thought that Mammy…

— Annie Elizabeth Delany

Have no regrets. Every relationship leads you to where you're meant to be. Learn to be comfortable with being alone. Learn to…

— Nicole Kidman

Also, with acting and dancing I portray a predetermined character and story for the most part, with music I have the creative…

— Alyson Stoner

No matter where the skeptical thought originates, or how it gets access to our minds, we see at once that it flattens…

— Richard Salter Storrs

I realized that here's a moment for me to learn so until I learn and understand more about how types of films…

— Tyler Perry

Because if you remember - and people forget this - the first two years of Game of Thrones everybody was going, "I…

— Alex Graves

The first thing that happens is the cleansing of the former character. I don't think a lot of actors talk about it,…

— Vin Diesel

America has but one main problem -- the character of the men and women it shall produce.

— Calvin Coolidge

A strange fanaticism fills our time: the fanatical hatred of morality, especially of Christian morality.

— Anonymous

What a character eats is a detail - like eye color or a favorite song. But food is also our lifeblood.

— Jami Attenberg

Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I don't like having characters as props. I never want a character to be a prop.

— Will Gluck

Industry, economy, honesty, and kindness form a quartet of virtues that will never be improved upon.

— Anonymous

A villain to me is someone who actively seeks to hurt someone or does things for his own gain.

— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.

— Sam Rockwell

“There is no morality to be found in evil. But to recognise that which is truly evil one must forget the rules…

— Daniel Kemp

It's very rare that you get a director that lets you be creative and bring what you feel your character should do…

— Kevin Hart

I spent my life folded between the pages of books. In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters.

— Tahereh Mafi

I just have my characters say my controversial opinions and then hide behind them.

— Mindy Kaling

Sometimes a person's personality can really replace their appearance.

— Anonymous

“The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.”

— Lee Martin

I love villainous characters; they are so exciting to play. They are so different and challenging.

— Vivek Oberoi

TV is done so quickly that you really don't have time to develop the character fully.

— Nick Searcy