Character Quotes · Page 355

I like playing the bad guys. It's a way of exercising and exorcising my own personal demons.

— W. Earl Brown

There are always great deals of humanity in the characters that have been offered to me.

— Ron Perlman

A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be believed.

— Aristotle

I don't want to pigeonhole myself in one character or genre. I want to challenge myself as much as I can.

— Emilie de Ravin

Players with high character get better. Players with a serious approach get better. The fools never get better

— Jeff Van Gundy

“Gratior est pulchro veniens de corpore virtus—Virtue appears peculiarly graceful when associated with beauty.”

— Matthew Henry

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one's balance in spite of them.

— Carl von Clausewitz

You have to discipline yourself and not carry the character with you. You need to switch it off and take time to…

— Charlize Theron

When I'm watching Tom Servo, I don't feel like I'm in my own body; I'm just reacting and saying what the character…

— Baron Vaughn

“A great principle of moral advancement, on a par with “Love thy neighbor” and “All men are created equal,” is the one…

— Steven Pinker

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing...is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man…

— George Washington

It's always very fun to play someone who's somewhat enigmatic, but at the same time there are underpinnings of real concern for…

— Adrian Pasdar

The inspiration really comes first from the character and the story. That vision of what the story is, and what the character…

— Keanu Reeves

I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor?…

— Malcolm McDowell

I think the days are over where we were okay with bad guys just doing the pirate laugh and eating kids just…

— Mads Mikkelsen

Everybody has their favorite character.That's the only way I pick, whatever is going on in society, whatever I think folks will laugh…

— Jeff Dunham

One never knows enough about characters in real life to put them into novels. One gets started and then, suddenly, one can…

— Graham Greene

A young financial writer once brought ridicule upon himself by stating that a certain company had nothing to commend it except excellent…

— B. C. Forbes

“. . . chronosophy does involve ethics. Because our sense of time involves our ability to separate cause and effect, means and…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Rob Doherty has been a real superstar for us The Mentalist for years. He is an extremely talented writer, and he just…

— Nina Tassler

“People can't concieve of a virtue in someone else that they can't coneive in themselves. Instead of believing you're stronger, it's so…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Hey, I'm going to Super Dog for a quick bite and to pass along a message from a dead guy to his…

— Darynda Jones

It's not that I wrote those details, but photos can give you the confidence that you have a real feel for the…

— Chang-Rae Lee

Truthfulness is the foundation of all virtues of the world of humanity. Without truthfulness, progress and success in all the worlds of…

— Abdu'l-Bahá

Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.

— Derek Jeter

The only time in my career prior to that I played an evil character was in 'The Twilight Zone'.

— Morgan Brittany

Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.

— John Armstrong

The study and practice of law ... does not dissolve the obligations of morality or of religion.

— John Adams

“WHO WHAT WHERE WHY WHEN Personality redefines character through phases of wisdom at different ages”

— Kamil Ali

Regardless of the moral issue, dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable

— Leo Burnett

The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.

— Franz Grillparzer

I don't think a character that you played for even eight years ever leaves you.

— Candace Cameron Bure

Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.

— Anonymous

we were raising our standard of living at the expense of our standard of character.

— Ida Tarbell

Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.

— Bill Hybels

I tend to use a lot of movement in both camera and characters, and I also tend to give characters a lot…

— Kari Skogland

I think you always learn something in every character you play onstage, either personally or creatively.

— Jared Harris

Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.

— Howard Barker

In 'The Humans,' there's a gay character, and the fact that she's gay is probably the least interesting thing about her.

— Joe Mantello

A psychological explanation of our feelings is not a moral explanation of our conduct.

— James Rachels