Character Quotes · Page 262

I like to explore characters who are very different to me, or varied parts are very similar to me.

— Gwendoline Christie

When I develop a character, I usually start by creating a backstory with whatever information I have access to.

— Daniella Alonso

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

— Alexander Pope

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

— Aristotle

A lot of character writing for gay people is talking about trauma. It's nice to - instead of playing trauma - get…

— E. R. Fightmaster

I think of clothes a lot like costumes. I think of what I wear in real life as being my real life…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

The patient and active virtues of a soldier are insensibly nursed in the habits and discipline of a pastoral life.

— Edward Gibbon

I think once you've allocated an actor to the role that the character will evolve slightly.

— Nathalie Emmanuel

Christine, as a stage character, is just a way for me to be more daring, to be more out of the box,…

— Christine and the Queens

Insight into character comes from listening intently to the spoken word. The physical person, their charisma, charm and dramatic flair is more…

— Maximillian Degenerez

“The moral world has no greater spectacle than this: a troubled and restless conscience on the verge of committing an evil deed,…

— Victor Hugo

“You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society. That is why we must…

— C.S. Lewis

When I'm writing, I don't put faces on the characters. When I finish the first draft of the script, I start visualizing,…

— Pedro Almodovar

Ray Toro is a very eccentric, crazy genius type guy. I think he's a genius. He just got this thing at the…

— Gerard Way

There is a story that you have to tell within a certain amount of time, and you can only show so much…

— Henry Cavill

The alcoholic and the drug addict harm only themselves by their behavior; the person who violates the rules of morality governing mans…

— Ludwig von Mises

It's always been the same for me. I've always enjoyed acting, and I really love good actors; they're such unique characters. I…

— Val Kilmer

The realization of our soul has its moral and its spiritual side. The moral side represents training of unselfishness, control of desire;…

— Rabindranath Tagore

I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well,…

— Nathan Fillion

The whole time I was writing, I had to fight my normal inclination to be funny, to sort of patch humor in,…

— Joshua Ferris

Parents, teach your children to express themselves. Teach them to be in touch with their emotions, to speak honestly to people, and…

— Jeffrey Bryant

I think one of the most destructive things in terms of American security has been for all of our leaders, without exception…

— Michael Scheuer

“The definition of a good man is someone who makes the moral choice when temptation invites him to do otherwise. The definition…

— Lindsay Buroker

I don't think about competition. I am definitely attracted to not just playing a regular character - I don't know there's any…

— Ana Mulvoy-Ten

The moral of the story is this: sometimes, to do nothing, to do nothing at all, is the sorriest thing ever.

— Binnie Kirshenbaum

“I'm not named after the character,' she said. 'I'm named after the entire opera.”

— Julie Orringer

Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.

— Teresa of Avila

My moral compass swings far to the left, but when it comes to gratuitous violence, I have trouble.

— Michael Biehn

There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.

— Lady Randolph Churchill

Comics are carried by characters. If a character is well-created, the comic becomes a hit.

— Kazuo Koike

“The Moral Sense Test developed by Harvard psychologists in 2003 can be found online at: moral.wjh.harvard.edu”

— Thomas Cathcart

There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character.

— William Hazlitt

Fashion is neither moral or immoral, but it is for rebuilding the morale.

— Karl Lagerfeld

“What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.”

— Anonymous

The story of 'Lalpan Bibi' impressed me and my character also. It has all the ingredients of a great commercial masala movie.

— Mukesh Tiwari

I loved Winnie the Pooh, the Disney character, and I loved his wit and warmth.

— Kelly Macdonald

Good looks should never become a part of your internal character.

— Hrithik Roshan

By self-analysis you can not change your character, but you may change your mentality.

— Anton Corbijn

Courage: The lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children.

— James M. Barrie

The pimp is the executive organ of immorality. The executive organ of morality is the blackmailer.

— Karl Kraus