Character Quotes · Page 369

It was a big deal to me to play characters and feel things and connect to somebody in a fake world.

— Amanda Seyfried

I'm such a firm believer that everyone should see themselves in a character, and everyone should feel represented.

— Kiernan Shipka

We need to show character whenever we concede a goal and try to make a comeback.

— Nicolas Anelka

I'd play the same character for ten years if the words and the moments that I'm playing are authentic.

— David Walton

Once the scene is over, I come out of it. I don't carry the character with me for long as many actors…

— Nani

It feels good to be a couple of characters, sometimes in the same day.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.

— Samuel Johnson

I don't play monsters. I play men besieged by fate and out for revenge.

— Vincent Price

Ever since I began writing my Junie B. Jones series, people have been assuming that the character is based on me when…

— Barbara Park

Rich men are neither better nor worse than all other humans. They contribute to greatness or mediocrity, strength of character or weakness…

— Julius Rosenwald

The more uniform a man's voice, step, manner of conversation, handwriting--the more quiet, uniform, settled, his actions, his character.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

I've just looked for ideas and great characters that I relate to and that I think I can offer something to the…

— Ron Howard

You are not now to think what's best to do, As in beginnings, but what must be done, Being thus enter'd; and…

— Ben Jonson

The only problem is, that the musicians, the guys, their careers can go from the time they're 18 'till they're 50 years…

— Gina Schock

Morality rests upon a sense of obligation; and obligation has no meaning except as implying a Divine command, without which it would…

— James Anthony Froude

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place them, juxtapose them in such a way…

— Robert Wyatt

You have to have a good script. You have to have compelling and complicated characters that you want to hang out with.…

— Lesli Linka Glatter

“Nor is it a short experience that can instruct us [...], because the real effects of moral causes are not always immediate;…

— Edmund Burke

If you think of the people who are funny in your life, you'll note it's not because they tell jokes, it's because…

— Anne Beatts

“Through a carefully cultivated display of intimidation to anyone who contemplated a meaningful challenge, the government had striven to show people around…

— Glenn Greenwald

It would appear... that moral phenomena, when observed on a great scale, are found to resemble physical phenomena; and we thus arrive,…

— Adolphe Quetelet

The matriarchal society is thus the decadent and broken. The strongly matriarchal character of Negro life is due to the moral failure…

— R.J. Rushdoony

Social media really makes it tricky for people sometimes because you go, 'Oh, it's awesome. I'm gonna play this character. I'm going…

— Lamorne Morris

The characters are not allowed to change if you write a sitcom; they're not allowed to learn anything. There's all these sorts…

— Alice Lowe

I love that everyone on 'Scream Queens' has a moment where they are the hero, and they are the villain.

— Skyler Samuels

I love the show 'Billions.' But the main character is basically a hedge fund scumbag, and he's the hero.

— Alissa Quart

Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.

— David Hare

“Moral authority is earned, not given. This is why formal authorities are threatened by moral authorities without position.”

— Richie Norton

The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story.

— Colleen Atwood

I've found that the people who play villains are the nicest people in the world and people who play heroes are jerks.

— Tim Burton

I don't see a difference between the idea of what an actor does and what someone supposes a character actor is, really.

— Michael Stuhlbarg

I don't want to play the same character again and again, because I'd get bored. If I get bored, so will the…

— Radhika Madan

Adults need more complex narratives. They have their own narratives. The main characters are themselves.

— Haruki Murakami

If you compare my character to the others, they were sexy with designer clothes. I had the nerdy outfit.

— Izabella Scorupco

It is only an error in judgement to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when…

— Anonymous

To be able to continue to be polite to those who are rude is a peak in good character that we should…

— Mufti Ismail Menk

I mean, can I really create a full, three-dimensional character? I don't know anymore. I'm certainly going to try.

— Bette Midler

To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.

— Sun Tzu

“No offense against moral order was too trivial to escape the attention of the Spanish Inquisition.”

— Jonathan Kirsch

I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.

— Chiwetel Ejiofor