Character Quotes · Page 428

I've always been interested in our flaws as human beings, just as much as the virtues.

— Nicole Kidman

Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.

— Gary Bauer

If you are a writer/director, the [movie] characters are a part of yourself.

— Juan Diego Solanas

Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.

— Henry Drummond

I like to play very raw characters, characters who have a degree of vulnerability and passion about what they're doing.

— Jason O'Mara

There is no virtue in penance and fasting which waste the body; they are only fanatical and monkish.

— Immanuel Kant

It's important to know the kind of character that you need to be building up to, throughout the series.

— Holliday Grainger

As far as the destiny of the character, I just play them until they're gone. I try not to get too involved.

— Paul Sparks

That's what I so admired about Johnny Cash and June Carter. Their music wasn't a big influence on me. It was their…

— Shelby Lynne

Trees die from the top”. No one should ever become a strategist unless he or she is willing to have his or…

— Peter Drucker

This is one of the cruelties of the theatre of life; we all think of ourselves as stars and rarely recognize it…

— Robertson Davies

Every character that I've chosen has made me evolve as an actor. And I am lucky that my directors have shown so…

— Sushant Singh Rajput

Truly a legend in our time, John Templeton understands that the real measure of a person's success in life is not financial…

— Billy Graham

I like to work as much as I can, but I only really have the hiatus to work on other projects. I've…

— Kunal Nayyar

Comey clearly doesn't want Trump to be president. He has some of the same concerns about his moral character as I have…

— Mary Katharine Ham

As far as being an actor is concerned, you have to have passion. If you're not bringing the passion of the character…

— Zachary Levi

I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile at anybody,…

— Drew Barrymore

I love being in space. I love being challenged by great roles that a company like Marvel creates amazing movies that no…

— Zoe Saldana

I can't live in a world where there are only, like, four kinds of women. Or where every woman is obsessed with…

— Caitlin Moran

When you're on a movie and the production department says, "We need old photographs of you - your character - when you…

— Amy Ryan

One should put forth great effort in matters of learning. One should read books concerning military matters, and direct his attention exclusively…

— Kato Kiyomasa

Such attributes as virtue or intelligence aren't additive. It's absurd to maintain that two evil people can somehow be more virtuous than…

— L Neil Smith

The craft with which the world is made runs also into the mind and character of men. No man is quite sane;…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

When I look at acting careers that I really admire, I see that it's been a precise decision-making process for these people.…

— Taylor Swift

Actually, they [ Hilary Clinton or Donald Trump] are doing pretty well on their own. They don't need my character to step in.

— Sandra Bullock

In reading, you become these characters that are different from you.

— Torrey Peters

I've just never been the kind of actor that things have stayed with. I've never needed to carry a character off stage.

— Morgan Freeman

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

— Ernest Gaines

So the characters that I choose, I like to make sure that they have depth and that they have some sort of…

— Heather Matarazzo

“The road is long if one proceeds by way of precepts but short and effectual if by way of personal example.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Even virtue followed beyond reason's rule May stamp the just man knave, the sage a fool.

— Horace

You don't read many scripts, especially for crime dramas, that feature a strong woman as the central character.

— Jodie Whittaker

Sometimes the character of the mistress is inferred from the dress of her maids.

— St. Jerome

It takes a great strength of character to arrive at Real at 18 years and make a journey like I have so far.

— Raphael Varane

When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture.

— Victoria Abril

“Studying philosophy instills modesty and straightforwardness in your character.”

— Marcus Aurelius

The first character that will be on my epitaph is Monisha from 'Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai.'

— Rupali Ganguly

I think the simpler it is when you have a crazy character to play is almost more creepy and interesting.

— Emilie de Ravin

I love telling stories. Creating a character, a world, a whole universe out of nothing. That part I can't get enough of.

— Greg Berlanti

“NEVER SACRIFICE YOUR VALUES & MORALS FOR RICHES OR FAME. IT'S A PAYMENT THAT'S NON-REFUNDABLE”

— Sotero M Lopez II