Character Quotes · Page 411

Action should always be about character and story, not a gimmick.

— Sam Hargrave

Forney in Where the Heart Is has more fans than any other character Ive played.

— James Frain

When you get to set, you don't try to play the plot; you just play the character.

— Charlie Cox

The most striking characters are sometimes the product of an infinity of little accidents.

— Georges Danton

What's interesting about the movie and characters is that they're one thing to the world and another thing in their heads.

— Milla Jovovich

When you're a VJ, you can say whatever you want, dress whatever way you want to. You play your own character.

— Rhea Chakraborty

Watch people do their most common actions; these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great…

— Anonymous

In fact, it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of its own…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

I guess when you take a look at the book 'Atlas Shrugged,' I think most people always like to identify with the…

— Ron Johnson

Part of the beauty of a long-format story is that the characters become as much yours as they are mine, and you…

— Joshua Jackson

That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want…

— Martin Luther

I'm very drawn to characters who are very flawed. I'm less interested in characters who are just good or bad, because to…

— Rachel Weisz

Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood…

— Scarlett Thomas

“Service is an expression of inner growth and development, It is the muscle-building of virtues. It is the barometer of inner development…

— Master Del Pe

Let your characters talk to each other and do things. Spend time with them - they'll tell you who they are and…

— Greta Gerwig

The atmosphere and the environment that you get on a Chris Nolan film that he and Emma [Tomson] create is one where…

— Christopher Nolan

The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself. It is said that…

— Maya Angelou

TV deals in very broad strokes. Like, 'Oh, that's my dumb friend', or, 'That's my funny friend.' A true best friend, a…

— Willie Garson

It is therefore, the interest of all, that every one, from birth, should be well educated, physically and mentally, that society may…

— Robert Owen

When I need to stretch my legs, I can walk across the street to the museum and relax among the illustrations of…

— Allen C. Guelzo

“He made a point of complimenting Lysistrara's brilliant handling of the rabies situation and thanking her for her generosity in the last…

— Suzanne Collins

I've always been inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, who articulated his Dream of an America where people are judged not by…

— Steven Chu

...people think non-violence is really weak and non-militant. These are misconceptions that people have because they don't understand what non-violence means. Non-violence…

— Cesar Chavez

The problem with heartbreak is that nobody can help you when you're heartbroken. Nobody and nothing. Not the films you watch alone…

— Alexa Chung

There is no character in the comedy of human life more difficult to play well than that of an old bachelor.

— Washington Irving

For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test…

— Cressida Cowell

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I often think of the space of a page as a stage, with words, letters, syllable characters moving across.

— Susan Howe

Kids can sniff out a moral. They can feel the heavy hand of an adult.

— Jeff Kinney

When you are on set, you are not your best judge because it is hard to step back when you are into…

— Marion Cotillard

Courage, energy and patience are the virtues which appeal to my heart.

— Fritz Kreisler

I want to play challenging characters. You should never be satisfied.

— Bryan Greenberg

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

— William James

“Dedication can change a person but character determines who You remain”

— Jan Jansen Easy Branches

Sin is lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition, or state

— Augustus Hopkins Strong

My heart laments that virtue cannot live Out of the teeth of emulation.

— William Shakespeare

What I like about theatre is the responsibility you have with your character.

— Audrey Tautou

To play a character is to inhabit the world and the life of that character.

— Kelli O'Hara

I love making characters real and believable, through my own experience and choices.

— Minka Kelly

“In our lives, we don’t always get what we deserve or what we want. But how we deal with those misfortunes mold…

— Jeff Wheeler