Character Quotes · Page 315

I've been lucky and have played some interesting characters - I'd quite like to play Sweeny Todd.

— David Essex

“Every circumstance gives us a chance to develop our character.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

— Colin Hay

For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and…

— Thomas a Kempis

So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts

— Anonymous

I do think your attitude towards money is an inherent part of your character.

— Anne Robinson

The happiest ones are those who have a character which would prefer their services to be unknown to all generations.

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns.

— Mark Shields

I also really pay attention to whether the script embodies a full female character or if they're just wanting a two-dimensional objectified…

— Karla Souza

I use a lot of narration; I have a very prosaic style. I like to get you invested in the character first…

— Scott Snyder

It's easier to play a dim character, for me, because I have a natural bent for comedy. It's not intrinsic for me…

— Stephen Root

If you create a movie that is only character driven, with a weak plot, then you - as a director, you have…

— Daniel Espinosa

The writer has to make pleasure for the reader - which, I think, is done by taking one's character's seriously and taking…

— George Saunders

I was playing this role on 'Ugly Betty,' the sweetest, nicest guy. He was a fun character to play, but I was…

— Ralph Macchio

One of the things I noticed more in this draft than in any recent drafts was the importance of the character issue.…

— Ron Jaworski

The vogue of the New Negro . . . had all of the character of a public relations promotion. The Negro had…

— Nathan Huggins

Most screenplays, most motion pictures, owe much more to the screenplay. Ingmar Bergman has such an economy of language, so little language…

— Rod Serling

In films, you work for three to six months, and you're out of the character. But for a daily soap, you don't…

— Karishma Tanna

“Self-love and compassion for other people commences with accepting responsibility for the harm caused by our own misconduct and by forgiving other…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“The basis of optimism is sheer terror. We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbour with the possession of…

— Oscar Wilde

The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to…

— James Madison

I love taking on challenges. I think one of the funnest things in acting is creating a character - wrapping yourself around…

— Drew Waters

There's something inherently more appealing about the idea that you could reveal and tell stories about characters over the course of a…

— Michael Chabon

“Pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the people, so that the sons…

— Suzy Kassem

When we talk politics, we moralize. When we talk morality, we politicize.

— Ravi Zacharias

You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.

— Catherine Deneuve

To this day, that's what I love the most: finding and playing characters who are out of my experience.

— David Morse

There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from…

— Linda Cardellini

I always give much attention to military character and to psychological and morale conditions.

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

All the important drawings I do myself. Every single character is also done by me.

— Tite Kubo

Our vanity would have just that which we do best count as that which is hardest for us. The origin of many…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

In a weird way, I live vicariously through the characters I play as an actor.

— James Badge Dale

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.

— Thomas A. Edison

A book that bores me to tears is a book that neglects character building and quality of prose.

— Kristin Cashore

Every character I play has to be the hero of his own story, the way we're all heroes of our own lives.

— Jesse Eisenberg

Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.

— Tom Johnson

Places have their own characters. . . . But the people begin to look the same.

— Joanne Harris

The lack of will to do what is right is tantamount to moral cowardice and a doubling of victim trauma.

— Anonymous

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Thoughts become actions, actions become habits, habits become our character, and our character becomes our destiny.

— James Hunter