Character Quotes · Page 219

Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.

— Charles Caleb Colton

“Ability can get you to the top. It takes character to maintain”

— Adam McCauley

Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

— Laurence Sterne

I don't think about relatability (when writing), I think about the heart of the character.

— Bill Konigsberg

The third person allows characters to really attack themselves. We all do this - attack ourselves - every hour of our lives.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Mostly, I have to say as an actor, to find a character that's been rich enough for 10 seasons of shows... that's…

— Jon Cryer

I would have to say News Radio is the highlight of my career. I love the character so much.

— Stephen Root

If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try.

— Meryl Streep

If you know anything about James Whitcomb Riley, you know that Little Orphan Annie is one of the most fantastic characters who…

— Marguerite Young

I found it very easy to transform into creeps and weirdos and losers and goof-balls, and I'm happy to play eccentric kinds…

— Rainn Wilson

The long fight to save wild beauty represents democracy at its best. It requires citizens to practice the hardest of virtues -…

— Edwin Way Teale

I've kind of gotten mad over the years, reading different Punisher stories and seeing multiple Punisher movies. Nobody gets the character right.

— CM Punk

For everyone else who aren't fantasy fans or who don't know anything about 'The Witcher', this is something that we can experience…

— Anya Chalotra

For me, a lot of the humor comes not from innocence but from characters trying to figure out how to get what…

— Akhil Sharma

There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the…

— Baron de Montesquieu

We wanted to capture Danvers' humor and flaws. For us as storytellers, those are all aspects that we really appreciate in characters.

— Ryan Fleck

The Josh Brolin character in that movie [Hail, Caesar!], he's given a choice to leave, to do something where he wouldn't have…

— David Krumholtz

I felt so much when I was fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, I felt everything. I didn't understand [myself], I was so happy yet…

— Dakota Johnson

Everything becomes agitated. Ideas quick-march into motion like battalions of a grand army to its legendary fighting ground, and the battle rages.…

— Honore de Balzac

You never know when you're on a show if you're actually going to love it. For the episodes that I'm not in,…

— Fiona Gubelmann

“True Christian fortitude consists in strength of mind, through grace, exerted in two things; in ruling and suppressing the evil and unruly…

— Jonathan Edwards

It just so happened that my agent called and said, 'There's this movie 'Pitch Perfect.' Here are the sides.' I think I…

— Utkarsh Ambudkar

I have to say, though, that somebody pointed out to me on YouTube that Conan O'Brien was being interviewed, and he was…

— Brent Spiner

Developing characters is a collective process, on one hand; it's an individual process on the other. The truth is rarely pure and…

— John Hurt

I love to create looks. It's just like you're a different character every day.

— Pom Klementieff

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

— Meat Loaf

Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice.

— David Seabury

“A man of character can have what a man of intellect can imagine.”

— Raheel Farooq

But St. Aubert had too much good sense to prefer a charm to a virtue.

— Ann Radcliffe

My career choices aren't based on the popularity of my character; I have never intended to capitalise on my fan base.

— Barun Sobti

Basically, the way you get into any role is just doing research on the type of character you're playing.

— Theo Rossi

There wasn't a single good character in 'Titanic' who was English and this is typical.

— David Warner

When you dub for your own character, it is the last chance to play the part again.

— Sanya Malhotra

“It stands to reason that he who would cure a moral ailment must be practically acquainted with it in all its bearings.”

— Samuel Butler

I think if you find that you're making a judgment on the character, than your audience will make a judgment on the…

— Michelle Monaghan

Church can be extremely boring. It can be very meaningful, it can be character forming, but can be have very little fizz…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

Character begins to form at the first pinch of anxiety about ourselves.

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

You can't form a character without being completely comfortable with who you are as a person.

— Candis Cayne

“The tower of success stands on the pillars of vision, action, patience and the character to withstand criticisms.”

— Amit Ray

I think what I find challenging is just trying to bring a truthfulness and a realism to a character.

— Tricia Helfer