Character Quotes · Page 410

If I were somebody else looking at my character, I'd be like, "She's beautiful." I'm practicing. I'm not succeeding.

— Sarah Silverman

Your successes and failures does not best describe you, your character and attitude does.

— Anonymous

“Your thoughts build your attitude, character, and life to represent you in society.”

— Ehsan Sehgal

One of my complaints with American TV characters is that they all have a particular schtick, a hook.

— Kevin McKidd

I have a tendency as an actress in general to ground my characters. Even when doing outlandish characters, that's my instinct.

— Kate Burton

“Areté is a word that means excellence in character and life. It is the accumulation of virtue in one's life.”

— Tobin Wilson

Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled.

— John Milton

I'm obviously interested in playing characters who have autonomy, who drive the story.

— Kerry Bishe

You know, I'm not saying, 'Oh, because I play a good guy on TV, I need to suddenly be villainous in a…

— Josh Radnor

Authorities in Rabat believe that if we create a Moroccan character, even in a work of fiction, we are responsible for the…

— Leila Slimani

In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character,…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

As I get older, the character evolves tremendously because I'm married and have kids now and realize certain things are not funny…

— Larry the Cable Guy

Plots are artificial. Does your life have a plot? It has characters. There is a narrative. There's a lot of story, a…

— Richard Linklater

People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to…

— Aasif Mandvi

It's really rare to come across a character, a show, or a movie that allows you to completely play four or five…

— Omari Hardwick

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. I played a character on Oz and people still approach me…

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

While faith need not be monolithic - it can motivate both voting behavior and character development - focus matters. A Christianity constantly…

— J. D. Vance

What is enthralling and illuminating about The Metaphysical Club is its portraits of individuals and their milieus. Menand is wonderfully deft at…

— George Scialabba

Many people are laughing when they see me, but I'm playing Mrs.Baskets all pristine. I'm playing it not-Louie. I'm not being Louie.…

— Louie Anderson

I often think of setting as an important character in my story. 'Dark Powers' takes place in Doncaster, a Maryland Eastern Shore…

— Ruth Glick

“Using Maslow’s insights, you can define higher-level values appropriate to your message, brand, and audience. Then, using what we learn from Joseph…

— Jonah Sachs

There is, however, a moral basis for the vegetarian diet for which the indeterminate value of an animal's life takes on irrelevance.…

— Howard Lyman

Good story' means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task...But the love of a…

— Robert McKee

I hit the ground running, without a lot of training, so I had to do whatever I could do to survive as…

— Nicolas Cage

Do you know how hard it is to play a character where youre always in heels? Oh, my goodness!

— Serinda Swan

Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.

— Aristotle

The moral values I've learnt in my life I've learnt through football.

— Arsene Wenger

The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.

— Confucius

“You can often judge the character of a person by the way he treats his fellow men.”

— Jeffrey Archer

In terms of a character, I would love to play a fairy. I think that would be really fun.

— Fiona Gubelmann

I think the eyes are very revealing and can expose a lot about a persons mood or character.

— Jonathan Shapiro

The unique character of political activity lies, quite literally, in its publicity.

— Bernard Crick

Those virtues which cost us dear prove that we love God; those which are easy to us prove that He loves us.

— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Let us destroy, but don't let us pretend that we are commiting an act of virtue.

— Ayn Rand

Good sense is at the bottom of everything: virtue, genius, wit, talent and taste.

— Joseph Chenier

I was brought up very Catholic, and the character of Tommy Gnosis got his name from there.

— John Cameron Mitchell

Unlike President Obama, President Nixon was a capitalist who did not believe in 'remaking' the very character of America.

— Monica Crowley

You want, in a sense, to relate to the main character, so often, the main character POV is a bit more of…

— Jane Goldman

“The beauty of being shattered is how the shards become our character and our marks of distinction.”

— Bryant McGill

By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.

— Albert Schweitzer