Character Quotes · Page 222

Virtue and integrity are necessary for genuine happiness. Guard your integrity with care.

— Jack Kornfield

True virtue, wheresoever it moves, still carries an intrinsic worth about it.

— John Vanbrugh

We simply must get it through our heads that holding a low opinion of ourselves is not a virtue, but a vice.

— Maxwell Maltz

With any character, the main objective is to bring authenticity to the role.

— Jesse McCartney

I'd love to do a comedy - something where a character has to use humor to navigate the absurdities of life.

— Debra Granik

It's always fun to layer a character, to make the character a little bit more dynamic than it is on paper.

— Charles Melton

I've always been proud of my character and how I live my life. So my regrets are few, and the ones I…

— Steve Guttenberg

If I have no connection with the character, then it's all fake - it's just blah, blah, blah.

— Tom Hanks

men change less than is imagined; their after life is only a kaleidescope combination of the elements of their character at the…

— Geraldine Jewsbury

I never go into a scene - ever, ever, ever - thinking, I have to make myself more empathetic toward the audience.…

— Dean Winters

The public, unlike our governing elite, are not obsessed by race and sex. They are rightly interested only in the contents of…

— Peter Hitchens

I want to present a really interesting vision of [Jack] Kirby's characters and environments, as well as dig way, way deeper into…

— Sterling Gates

If there's a great story and great characters, then I can love a film in any genre, though crime thrillers and sci-fi…

— Ed Gass-Donnelly

Once the audience has to use themselves to cross the distance to the character, that's what's really exciting. That's when it starts…

— Dallas Roberts

What really matters for success, character, happiness and life long achievements is a definite set of emotional skills - your EQ -…

— Daniel Goleman

I like when people question if the characters are really villains or protagonists. These types are very interesting to write about.

— Jack Higgins

If you're a certain type of actor, then eventually stepping into a director's shoes is a natural transition. I've always been the…

— Russell Crowe

The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make…

— Tony Robbins

In this consists the difference between the character of a miser and that of a person of exact economy and assiduity. The…

— Adam Smith

Daredevil was known as 'The Man Without Fear,' and I just thought, 'Well, I don't think that's very interesting.' I don't think…

— Charlie Cox

If you're reading a book that I've written in the first person, without named characters, you will periodically perhaps as a reader…

— Douglas A. Martin

I was keenly aware that I didn't want to draw on too many typically doomed aspects of the fated singer. Whether it's…

— Rufus Wainwright

It's the way I feel about acting. That we are given clues by a writer about someone's essence or persona and it's…

— Kevin Spacey

Steve Forman strafes the south Florida scene with Boca Knights, an outrageously funny mystery novel with a raft of offbeat characters and…

— Douglas Preston

I wish I were a character actor. Of course, if I played hockey without a mask, I could become one

— Michael Vartan

Everyday has to be different for me. Even if people are like, "You dressed up like a character today, it's not Halloween."

— Iman Shumpert

I'm interested in character and people and motivations and things like that.

— Simon Helberg

Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.

— Ana Gasteyer

Look, don't just stare at the pages," I used to tell my students. "Become the characters. Live inside the book.

— Wally Lamb

Leadership, in other words, is a matter of character, not goals.

— Ted Malloch

She knew how to trust people... a rare quality, revealing a character far above average.

— Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

I feel like I'm a nice character, and I don't have my own agenda.

— Anthony Bennett

It is, indeed, a trial to maintain the virtue of humility when one can't help being right.

— Judith Martin

It's difficult to just let go of a character. Especially after you've been preparing and researching for weeks.

— Sissy Spacek

You don't love people because of who they are or what might happen if you dont. You love them because of who…

— Rock Cowles

I don't think I could last in anything for 10 years doing a character.

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan

I'm open to any opportunity as long as the movie boasts a winning combination of compelling story and character.

— Iko Uwais

You've got to internalize the character. You've got to learn the words. These are separate things, but they work together.

— Robert Forster

We do not build speedways, but roads which correspond to the character of the German landscape.

— Fritz Todt

Every element contributes to building a character and I'm especially fascinated when it comes to recreating period looks.

— Shriya Pilgaonkar