Character Quotes · Page 336

Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.

— William Cowper

“In times of moral depravity; I will stand by you like a rock in the surf.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

These youngsters hold that all morality is relative but that middle class morality is just plain bad.

— Lawrence Kohlberg

I am not of the vein of actors - and I will not pretend to be one - that takes my character…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

It's good to know that other people think differently, and that's what makes the characters interesting.

— Keira Knightley

Character is who you are under pressure, not who you are when everything's fine.

— Ritu Ghatourey

As an actor, I've been drawn to those characters that are further away from who I may be.

— Kurt Sutter

I guess again I find myself playing the somewhat grumpy scientist. Strange how that happens.

— David Hewlett

Character roles only indicate that they're very different from who you are as a person, and for me, it's fun hiding behind…

— Mark Hamill

As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that.

— Angela Bassett

My dad is probably the most proud person when it comes to me, and we have a great relationship. If people have…

— Chance the Rapper

I'd extend an invitation to Lisbeth Salander. She would definitely shake the party up and get it started. I think she is…

— Megan Chance

If you're going to have a character appear in a story long enough to sell a newspaper, he'd better be real enough…

— Ford Madox Ford

You can't judge a man by the clothing he wears or the way he looks! You have to look deeper in the…

— Anonymous

Ron Swanson is more than the MVP of the 'Parks and Recreation' squad, more than just the funniest character on TV -…

— Rob Sheffield

The landscape of childhood shapes us as it shapes the characters in our stories. You never forget the sacred places of your…

— John Dufresne

This is what you do now to give your day topography--scan the boxes, read the news, see the chain of your friends…

— David Levithan

I've played people that are on the line of evil and good, but that's life. We are always playing with the good…

— Javier Bardem

Self-awareness is a character trait that's horrible to have if you're a performer. I think that a lot of these performers that…

— Tyler Joseph

A lot of writers do think of their characters as living beings. I know that's the way people think. That's why I…

— Dennis Cooper

My description of wisdom has nothing to do with benevolence and righteousness, it is to do with being wise in one's own…

— Zhuangzi

Quentin Tarantino was talking about Ordell a little bit, and I was like, "I'm sure Ordell is one of those people who…

— Samuel L. Jackson

“What separates a villain from a hero are the decisions and choices he makes. Being ‘good’ and ‘moral’ is hard work, often…

— Sacha Black

I get to draw what I like to draw, basically people hangin' around, and write very humanistic kinds of situations and characters.…

— Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero

Actions of TODAY will become your OUTCOME OF TOMORROW! THINK! AM 2013

— Anne' McMillion

I'm not really good at character or plot development. I'm just interested in big comedic moments.

— Graham Linehan

I love experimenting, playing characters that are not even remotely connected to my personality.

— Anoop Menon

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

— Thomas Jefferson

In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.

— Marquis de Sade

I find it quite easy to get in and out of character. I don't know why - I guess it's my job.

— Sophie Turner

It's nice to know that a studio is willing to put a female in a film without expecting the character to have…

— Kaya Scodelario

You can easily judge a persons character by how they treat those who can do nothing for them.

— Naz

“276. "He shall not feed on either earth or pelf, but upon wisdom, and on love and virtue.”

— Dante's Divine Comedy Inferno Canto 1

To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you're always trying to understand character and motives.

— John Eldredge

A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human.

— Georges Rouault

I had the good fortune early on to cast some really great people that were not just characters, they had character.

— Don Coscarelli

“It is your character, and your character alone, that will make your life happy or unhappy.”

— John McCain

It has amazed me that the most incongruous traits should exist in the same person and, for all that, yield a plausible…

— W. Somerset Maugham

I never base characters on real people. There are people who do that but I really don't know how to do it.

— Peter Carey

I figure out who I'm playing opposite, and I really do study them.

— Tisha Campbell-Martin