Character Quotes · Page 455

Anne DeGrace is a gifted story teller and Far From Home contains some of her most intriguing characters. Thoroughly enjoyable.

— Paulette Jiles

When you play characters, you shouldn't just be putting on their characteristics - you should be finding it inside yourself.

— Chadwick Boseman

My job as a dramatist is to find out where these characters want to go, and make it as hard as possible…

— Peter Hedges

I grew up listening to great music that molded my character and my artistry, that helped me.

— Scarface

“but maybe this was just how character formed: by groping whims we had no choice afterward but to commit to as ourselves.”

— Ben Blum

I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.

— Jon Heder

In no other genre can you be believable as an immortal character. I love sci-fi for that, so yeah - I'm a…

— Paterson Joseph

For the collection, I am like a painter or a writer. I may or may not be a character in my own…

— Sonia Rykiel

“Man’s morality was not advancing as fast as man’s science. Mankind was not spiritually evolved enough for the powers he possessed. We…

— Dan Brown

I find that you're drawn to certain stories, and there's something about fairytales that have deep roots. They connect really deeply to…

— Glen Keane

“It is pity in which the state of nature takes the place of laws, morals and virtues, with the added advantage that…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Spiritual formation in a Christian tradition answers a specific human question: 'What kind of person am I going to be?' It is…

— Dallas Willard

In a series, you have the luxury of time to establish the character and build a rhythm. In a TV movie, you've…

— Joe Penny

Luca Changretta's not someone you want to be at odds with. It's a fantastic opportunity for me, and he's a fascinating character.

— Adrien Brody

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force…

— William Hazlitt

What Tim does is, he calls me and sends me the script. And then he sends me a drawing, an illustration of…

— Danny DeVito

“Some men have been virtuous blindly, others have speculated fantastically, and others have been shrewd to bad purposes; but you, sir, I…

— Anonymous

“God forbid that I should boast of being poor, gentle, and meek. But I am striving to attain these virtues. Every day…

— Jean Déchanet

Jon Raymond and I are in each other's worlds, and we have a similar political point of view and interest in people.…

— Kelly Reichardt

I think you have a social responsibility as the villain, which is pretty different from the hero's responsibility. If you have any…

— Peter Coyote

The fact that a belief has a good moral effect upon a man is no evidence whatsoever in favor of its truth.…

— Bertrand Russell

What matters most in a child’s development, they say, is not how much information we can stuff into her brain in the…

— Paul Tough

“You’re quite right,” said MacMaster. “You’re putting your finger on the thing that matters. If you think it over, you know, that’s…

— Agatha Christie

Too many architects are just trying to make all of their buildings look like a brand, and that may be good for…

— Cesar Pelli

There is some kind of weird idea people have, that morals are objective truths

— Anonymous

I dated a guy who played bad guys in movies all the time, and I think he was just a bad guy.

— Jennifer Coolidge

“And morality is nothing if it is merely a form of good behavior.”

— Lawrence Durrell

Morality crusades unite military regimes and religious zealots alike.

— Mona Eltahawy

There are many factors that make a serial hit or flop, but what is important is the character.

— Hiten Tejwani

Showing a videogame character terrified and scared is something that's not really done that much.

— Rhianna Pratchett

Talking out loud to fictional characters is just the tip of the iceberg.

— Jodi Picoult

Why does 'I Love Lucy' still make people laugh? Because she's a specific character who has real reactions.

— Martin Short

Discipline gives standards and values to live by, a basis for morality.

— Agnes Moorehead

“Our moral decisions about ourselves can be spiritual. Our moral decisions about other people can only be practical.”

— Andrew Klavan

And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

So, wrestling, being strong, having good matches? I learned that in New Japan. But as a TV character? TNA was good.

— Kazuchika Okada

I think it's really important to depict complex, flawed LGBT characters, because we are all connected by our humanity.

— Kit Williamson

Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail, nor reason.

— Francis Quarles

Honestly, playing negative roles is much more fun, because there are no restrictions.

— Vatsal Sheth