Character Quotes · Page 427

You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real.

— Victoria Abril

The use of God in moral debate is so problematic as to be almost worthless.

— Richard Holloway

I was not put here to be a background character in someone else's movie!

— Breaux Greer

There's nothing more fun to me than new characters and a new world.

— Adam McKay

Having to struggle gave me the chance to demonstrate strength of character.

— Elizabeth Moon

When we see a special reformer we feel like asking him, What right have you, sir, to your own virtue? Is virtue…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nobility means strength of character, a word of honor, immovability and mind over matter.

— Anonymous

Actions receive their tincture from the times, And as they change are virtues made or crimes

— Daniel Defoe

A grave aspect to a grave character is of much more consequence than the world is generally aware of; a barber may…

— Henry Fielding

I know there are a lot of people who like to get very involved in their characters, but I, personally, find it…

— Henry Cavill

I take great pride in portraying a strong female character who is independent and can take care of herself. I don't think…

— Inbar Lavi

The blunting effects of slavery upon the slaveholder's moral perceptions are known and conceded the world over; and a priveleged class, an…

— Mark Twain

Ulysses ... is a dogged attempt to cover the universe with mud, an inverted Victorianism, an attempt to make crossness and dirt…

— E. M. Forster

There have been number of films that have been made with Mumbai as a backdrop or a character. 'Company,' 'Life In A…

— Chunky Pandey

If you have the opportunity to play these characters that are three-dimensional and very deeply rooted in an emotional level, they stay…

— Sally Field

We owe it to the audience to put more characters onscreen that reflect them and that speak to issues of race and…

— Nina Jacobson

I get hired to be a certain character, but I cannot change my look especially since I have been in the business…

— Vanessa Bell Calloway

I always have to start with a character that I can really hook into, and then build from there. I have writer…

— Katie Wech

I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood. I don't believe…

— Garrett Clayton

That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness…

— Samuel Johnson

Specifically, we talked about making the character of the prince not so charming, at least in the beginning, and I'm playing around…

— Hugh Dancy

As a believer, I know that Jesus Christ has a plan and it's not going to be my plan. It's not always…

— Jennie Finch

There are a lot of things that make players really good coaches. Whether you've played in the NBA or not, there are…

— Avery Johnson

It's just one of those things. When you're a wrestler you're thinking about one guy, yourself, your character and whatever guy it…

— Ted DiBiase Sr

The essential in this time of moral poverty is to create enthusiasm.

— Pablo Picasso

I would like Martin Scorsese to be interested in a female character once in a while, but I don’t know if I’ll…

— Meryl Streep

I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn.

— Meg Tilly

Miranda's my character; I created her! But there's a lot of comedy I want to bring to the world that isn't just…

— Colleen Ballinger

The moral sense is a natural faculty in us like the sense of smell or of touch.

— Peter Kropotkin

There's nothing worse than having a very strong female character and then suddenly having it go away.

— Khandi Alexander

Sound character provides fuel which makes one fights with the adversity of life instead of being overwhelmed by them.

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

When real revival happens, it changes the moral climate of a community...because we've turned from our wicked ways.

— Rick Warren

I guess there's a vulnerability in seeing a female character trying to get out of something really drastic.

— Elisha Cuthbert

If you look at a character as a mountain over there that you have to climb, then I think you've lost 50…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a…

— Kristin Scott Thomas

Character, story and plot are affected by any action sequence so you have to really design them accordingly.

— Kari Skogland

I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.

— Jesse Eisenberg

When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.

— Vince Gill

If you go back to Season 1 of 'The Office,' Steve Carell's character is a lot different.

— Cameron Britton