Character Quotes · Page 374

You won't ever see me being totally sexy on 'Rookie Blue.' It's not right for the character, anyway.

— Missy Peregrym

I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal

— Irwin Shaw

I come from a background in TV, where there's a real commitment to character.

— Cord Jefferson

“To guard our character with unwavering commitment, our best protection comes from being humbly aware of our vulnerability.”

— Lee Ellis

I'm quite excited to not play a Xena type character - it's probably closer to me than any character I've ever played.

— Nick Offerman

New Orleans is great for a lot of the old-school charm and character.

— Drew Scott

I'm stunned that people keep asking me to play characters I didn't expect to play.

— Mark Williams

Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars ... It is the light that hovers above the judgment seat.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

I honestly do think that every character - you pick up the things, little things that you like about them in your…

— Essie Davis

Things that go on at Happy Times are very funny this year, and if you were watching last year, some of the…

— Ellen Muth

You see we adults have learned how to disguise our terrible characters but a child... well, it's like a grotesque drawing of…

— Gore Vidal

If you look at the rest of my stuff, I always play characters that kind of don't look like me, 'cause I…

— Victor Rasuk

I think what's most fun is playing someone who's sort of selfish and in a lot of ways unlikeable, but there's this…

— David Walton

In some ways, what I learned is that you can take a character and breathe with them, and its up to the…

— Aden Young

There are two different forms of storytelling: Novels tend to come from the inside of a character, and movies tend to look…

— Walter Kirn

Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find…

— Sharon Creech

The people who are afraid of me, I wonder why, if they have a reason for it. People generally just express their…

— Michael C Hall

Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs…

— Bertrand Russell

The ethical system of these men of the New Republic, the ethical system which will dominate the world state, will be shaped…

— H. G. Wells

“For me the real evil of masturbation would be that it takes an appetite which, in lawful use, leads the individual out…

— C.S. Lewis

I know myself - I cannot just play a cliche. It has to be a character; it has to be written with…

— Hiam Abbass

Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his…

— Horace

Undeniably, character does count for our citizens, out communities, and our Nation, and this week we celebrate the importance of character in…

— William J. Clinton

I love playing all kinds of roles. I hope it doesn’t sound too pretentious, but I always feel human nature is like…

— Tom Hiddleston

“Man's greatest privilege is the discussion of virtue" Socrates in The Apology.”

— Socrates

The ethical person should do more then he is required to do, and less than he is allowed to.

— Michael Josephson

“True morals are a priceless thing that possesses the highest value and can never be bought or sold at any cost.”

— Abigail Landsbrook

Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.

— Kathryn Bigelow

I think every woman character, every female character, has her own arc.

— Katheryn Winnick

I've become accustomed to playing the good guy - maybe a rough exterior, but a heart of gold in there somewhere.

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan

There is much difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him.

— Benjamin Franklin

Exploring the dark side of my characters' personality is my forte.

— Vijay Deverakonda

Take care of your kid's character, and everything will follow after that. Character is everything

— Dennis Prager

In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“You've always been broken, love, it's the crux of your character.”

— Christopher Moore

Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.

— George Bernard Shaw

Character is doing what you don't want to do but know you should do.

— Joyce Meyer

I'm an excellent judge of character. I can tell people who want something from me or if they're actually buddies.

— CM Punk

Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.

— Anonymous

I love playing a villain. I think that there's something freeing about that, and it's a different kind of challenge.

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan