Towns are like people. Old ones often have character, the new ones are interchangeable. — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
I find it very difficult to be two different characters at the same time - actress and mother. — Kristin Scott Thomas Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with modes, and making sure you're seeing the character in different modes. — Jamie Demetriou Copy Share Image
“All people live in a fantasy in which they are the main character.” — Keiichi Sigsawa Copy Share Image
I remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
My wheelhouse is intense characters who have a certain sympathetic streak and also a sense of humor. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I'm an actor so I approached my debut with as much honesty and integrity towards the character that I was given to… — Vishal Jethwa Copy Share Image
A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Here's the bottom line: I can't play someone if I can't figure out what he cares about. Everybody cares about something, even… — William Fichtner Copy Share Image
When they first asked me to do 'Hulk,' my first instinct was to say no because I didn't think I had anything… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
“Some seek only the appearance of justice and virtues. Some seek real justice and virtues. Some others are too lazy to search… — Klaudio Marashi Copy Share Image
The character of Brent Spiner. We certainly collaborate on the concept of that, but he basically writes the script, then it's sort… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
“if one doesn’t have a character like Abraham Lincoln or Joan of Arc, a diet simply disintegrates into eating exactly what you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And, my God, the actors. The cast, led by the extraordinary Jennifer Lawrence, is absolutely wonderful across the board. It’s such a… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
You relate to a character and you find that character within yourself. It's all parts of me. I don't leave characters behind.… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
One must have all the virtues to sleep well. Shall I bear false witness? Shall I commit adultery? Shall I covet my… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. Do not let what… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
And it interferes with your ability to be a good actress if you're constantly aware of yourself as a person. To me,… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
The good thing about rules is if you have to do an interview, and you make some rules for that interview, like,… — Johan Philip Asbaek Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to write a good story, strictly from imagination. People just think it's random, they don't see the rewriting, phrasing… — Eric Jerome Dickey Copy Share Image
I'm afraid my closely guarded solitude causes some hurt feelings now and then. But how to explain, without wounding someone, that you… — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share Image
“The one surefire way to get me not to hire you is to send me your resume, especially if you've already got… — Bo Schembechler Copy Share Image
The Olympics were produced absolutely the same way from 1960 through 1988. It was always the Western World against the Eastern Bloc.… — Dick Ebersol Copy Share Image
GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These, by some occult process of nature, are penetrated and suffused with various… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Malice is of the boomerang character, and is apt to turn upon the projector. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“He who says that someone isn’t himself is a victim of statistics.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference. — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, what I try to bring to villainous characters is a sense of humanity. — David Harbour Copy Share Image
What we do should have a Canadian character. Nobody looks his best in somebody else's clothes. — Vincent Massey Copy Share Image
Any excuse for non-performance, no matter how valid, weakens character. — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I don't really make movies with an intention other than asking myself, 'Do I love the character, and do I love the… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
Most of my characters are silly little boys. It's human. Everyone is badly behaved. — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation. — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
When you become such a strong personality in music, it's hard for people to accept you as a different character. — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
Contemporary moral philosophy has found an original way of being boring, which is by not discussing moral issues at all. — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
“You know, I'm like Avis rent-a-car: Because I'm insignificant, I try harder.” — Mike Carey Copy Share Image
“It is the 'Teacher', that shapes a novice; not only with his studies, but character too.” — Aniruddha Sastikar Copy Share Image
