Character Quotes · Page 405

To be good and disagreeable is high treason against the royalty of virtue.

— Hannah More

I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able…

— Richard Armitage

Now, playing a love interest can be really thrilling, if you're working opposite thrilling people.

— Kristin Scott Thomas

I love playing a character who has an adversary she can go one-on-one with.

— Constance Zimmer

In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.

— Rainbow Rowell

The man who is always fortunate cannot easily have a great reverence for virtue.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

God's Word is true whether we believe it or not. Human unbelief cannot alter the character of God.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

I love getting into physical shape for a film; it makes me feel more like what the character needs to be.

— Liam Hemsworth

So many of my characters have really crazy physicalities, so it's really fun to be able to say, like, 'I'm an elf…

— Lauren Lapkus

I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there…

— Curtis Armstrong

To live in a great idea means to treat the impossible as though it were possible. It is just the same with…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There are two reasons why I propose to make myself thoroughly and unashamedly happy by talking about myself. The first is that…

— Louis J. Mordell

I just kind of understood it, and I threw my love for others and love for life into the character, and was…

— Jenna Elfman

Every time I do a film, I have to make sure that when someone looks at me, they can't recognise Disha. It…

— Disha Patani

I want to have a lengthy career. I want to play interesting characters. I want to tell beautiful stories, complex stories, deep…

— Jovan Adepo

I try to do as many of my own stunts as possible. If you keep on taking yourself out of the role…

— Willem Dafoe

Obviously making Peter Parker suddenly bisexual or gay wouldn't really make logical or dramatic sense. It was a hypothetical kind of question…

— Andrew Garfield

With the Internet being such an easy way to find comedians you think are funny, I think you're probably seeing so many…

— Megan Stalter

I love the whole kind of notion of transformation for me is (what) excites me about not only acting, but storytelling. I…

— Andy Serkis

I think most people don't really understand all that it takes to stand on your toes, and to be able to jump…

— Misty Copeland

“I have chosen two concepts to guide my thoughts and actions. They are stronger than the pressure of society, the constraints of…

— Gamal Hennessy

I'm a big believer in the notion that our greatest potential lies in our darkest parts. To a certain extent it's only…

— Zachary Quinto

I never wanted to write about Bulgaria. When I was still living there I did my absolute best to never write a…

— Miroslav Penkov

It is among the evils of slavery that it taints the very sources of moral principle. It establishes false estimates of virtue…

— John Quincy Adams

I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.

— Peter Fonda

Working with George Miller was an education. It was eight college degrees in character development and directing all at once.

— Cory Barlog

You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.

— Jacki Weaver

Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God

— Jerry Bridges

“Perception of personal danger very often set people on the path of virtue.”

— Donna Leon

I have a dream that the day will come when a man is judged by the content of his character and not…

— Martin Luther King

Be the Worst You Can Be: Life's Too Long for Patience and Virtue

— Charles Saatchi

Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.

— Jack Gleeson

People have been raised in a morality that says, "If it feels all right for you, it's probably OK."

— David Brooks

“Don't succumb to the fear; don't mistake the absolutism of Khan's opposition for morality”

— Amy Waldman

I'm a really evil person on TV! It's way more fun to be the bad guy.

— Eve Torres

An accent always helps me ground a character. It also helps to remind me what age I'm playing.

— Carmen Cusack

Character is the glue that bonds solid and meaningful relationships

— Tony Dungy

I won't be doing the new show in character, so we'll all get to find out how much of him was me.…

— Stephen Colbert

Every single character in the world, every creature in the world has something to give and something to learn.

— Shailene Woodley

George Liquor is really the richest character I have. I'm amazed there aren't 365 episodes about him on TV already.

— John Kricfalusi