Character Quotes · Page 379

Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.

— Wilkie Collins

I knew what kind of genre 'Casa de mi Padre' was going for. But my character, specifically, I think is very real.

— Genesis Rodriguez

Playing characters that speak a very violent language was my livelihood.

— Greg Bryk

I'm a working actress able to make choices based on characters rather than what I 'should' do for my career.

— Selma Blair

I never really thought about what characters I play. I always just wanted different characters.

— Stephanie Leonidas

When I look back at my career, I was always trying to be this particular 'Celtic Warrior' character.

— Sheamus

I would rather be known in life as a honest sinner than as a lying hypocrite.

— Anonymous

Every doer of the law and every moral worker is accursed, for he walketh in the presumption of his own righteousness.

— Martin Luther

Luckily, I have been offered the chance to play a South American, Hispanic and even a character from the Middle East in…

— Madhur Mittal

I enjoy taking on complex, difficult characters and have always striven to capture the truth of those people, whether or not it's…

— Anna Gunn

The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes to create a…

— Vera Farmiga

Philly is a state of mind I’m always in. The city is truly a character in its own right, and it’s served…

— M. K. Asante

The people whom he admires honestly and the products or pictures that he adores genuinely, together defines what character he is as…

— Anuj Somany

I do think comedy needs to be a living thing, but I think without a great script and fully realized characters, you…

— Melissa McCarthy

Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit,…

— Aaron Sorkin

Nothing but good can result from an exchange of information and opinions between those whose circumstances and morals admit no doubt of…

— Thomas Jefferson

I think it's important to keep your personal life to yourself as much as you can. It protects your sanity and you…

— Dianna Agron

Danny Boyle has been a huge, has had a huge effect on me. His movies, early movies like Trainspotting and those movies.…

— Fredrik Bond

When they sold me on 'Supergirl', I went and sat down with Andrew Kreisberg and Greg Berlanti, and they described the character…

— Chris Wood

“It is only when you are under pressure- when you are forced to choose one way or another, to either live consistently…

— Brian Tracy

In so strong a light, nevertheless, do they appear to the Secretary, that, on their due observance, at the present critical juncture,…

— Alexander Hamilton

“I don't approve of mixing ideologies," Ivanov continued. "There are only two conceptions of human ethics, and they are at opposite poles.…

— Arthur Koestler

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other…

— Will Davis Jr

Sometimes I am just playing the character. I will move out of the way of the microphone, and they will have to…

— Antonio Banderas

I'd rather be despised for my character than be liked for my lack of it.

— Anonymous

My job as an actor is to just tell the story as best I can from my character's point of view and…

— Sebastian Stan

Virtue is the golden mean between two vices, the one of excess and the other of deficiency.

— Aristotle

Ethical obligation has to subordinate itself to the totalitarian nature of war.

— Karl Brandt

The characters are, by their nature, archetypes that can serve different metaphors.

— Kurt Busiek

Humans are the only ones who are the custodians of other people's morals.

— Naseeruddin Shah

There are things you can say in the voice of a fictional character that you could not explore any other way.

— ContraPoints

My strength of character is a privilege. I can do anything to survive. I don't break easily.

— Gina Miller

Like an actor who transforms into the character that they're playing, you can transform into yourself.

— Leeza Gibbons

“Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

Some of us are more concerned with our reputation than our character. The latter takes care of the former.

— LeCrae

If I'm characterized as a character actor, that's fine with me. Whatever they want to call me is fine.

— Dennis Farina

Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.

— Gary Oldman

The Christian god is a being of terrific character - cruel, vindictive, capricious and unjust.

— Thomas Jefferson

“The ruthlessness of the godly invalidated their claims of virtue.”

— Salman Rushdie

That is exciting to reinvent myself, to invent a new character. As an actor that is revitalizing.

— Amanda Tapping