Character Quotes · Page 365

I like to approach comedy from character, to have the stakes for the individuals in the story be very high.

— Seth Gordon

Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue.

— John Chrysostom

“If something bad smells in the basement, it will eventually make its way to the attic.”

— Anthony Liccione

Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters.

— Mia Wasikowska

For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price…

— Omari Hardwick

None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try.

— Mark Twain

Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.

— Livy

I think it would be very difficult to play somebody if they didn't think they had any virtues or redeeming characteristics.

— John Hurt

You can ask any Latin actor: inevitably, if they get a part meant for a white guy, producers will change the character's…

— Nicholas Gonzalez

What I like to do as an actor is transform. It's way more fun to play characters who are completely different than…

— Carrie Preston

I have been reading the Old Testament, a most bloodthirsty and perilous book for the young. Jehovah is beyond doubt the worst…

— Edwin Arlington Robinson

Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their…

— Thomas Jefferson

Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to…

— Thomas Sowell

Developing a full length feature is much longer process than developing a short. With features you're typically dealing with more characters, plot,…

— Nathan Greno

Jerry and I always felt that the character was enjoying himself. He was having fun: he wasn't taking himself seriously. It was…

— Joe Shuster

Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which…

— Richard Armitage

What I want to see in teacher training is more talk about character education and getting teachers to really think about it.…

— Nicky Morgan

It is Satan's constant effort to misrepresent the character of God, the nature of sin, and the real issues at stake in…

— Ellen G. White

Ordinary people, even weak people, can do extraordinary things through temporary courage generated by a situation. But the person of character does…

— Michael Josephson

Create a really interesting, complex person that you want to know more about, and take her on a journey that is rich…

— Frank Spotnitz

10 Endradhukulla' is a thriller and the characters are all on the run. The film travels from South India traversing through the…

— Abhimanyu Singh

And then, 'Why is a raven like a writing desk?' Those things just became so important to the character. You realize that…

— Johnny Depp

[W]ork at ridding yourself of the esteem you have had up to now for the glitter and sparkle of virtue and the…

— Vincent de Paul

As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as…

— Alexander Hamilton

There are some times you win, and there are other times you build character.

— Bob Coy

Moral progress is a process of isolation; the mountain tops are lonely.

— Austin O'Malley

Movies made back in the day would have a single scene that defined what the character was all about.

— Zayed Khan

I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.

— Tippi Hedren

There are likable characters in prison. Sometimes the worst criminals are also some of the most charming people.

— Taryn Manning

Now a days beauty is doesn't matter because some of them they like their good character,,not physical attraction..

— Mariane Corbito

Shame is very painful to endure. For me it makes perfect sense that the character would kill herself.

— Claude Lelouch

Writing fiction means putting a lot of what you believe about the world at risk, because you have to follow your characters.

— Phil Klay

My character was in 'Raya and the Last Dragon' for a second, but that's a win for all trans-kind.

— Patti Harrison

Love always elevates the character of man. It never lowers him, provided love be love

— Bhagat Singh

To me to write well is to battle stereotypes. To write well is to create three-dimensional characters that seem human.

— David Henry Hwang

“Just as meekness is in all our virtues, so is pride in all our sins. -Oct 1986”

— Anonymous

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

— Richard M. Nixon

Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.

— Diana Krall

Every time I finish a job I seem to want to dress in totally the opposite way to the character.

— Phoebe Dynevor

There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld