The fun thing with the newer characters in the movie was that anything goes. The life they brought to it just exceeded… — Coley Sohn Copy Share Image
If one would discern the centers of dominance in any society, one need only look to its definitions of "virtue" and "vice"… — Freda Adler Copy Share Image
“We live in a culture that consumes to the extent that avarice is no longer one of Gregory the Great's deadly sins… — Dennis Okholm Copy Share Image
Dramatically, the moment in 'Gravity' that was hardest to nail down is when Ryan is in the Soyuz capsule and she realizes… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
Everybody said, 'You hit it so big when you were on 'Ally McBeal.' ' I didn't do anything for a year after… — Josh Ryan Evans Copy Share Image
Once I have a hook I think has potential - enough to spin out more than a hundred thousand words, then I… — Linwood Barclay Copy Share Image
When you describe a character's dream, it has to be sharper than reality in some way and more meaningful. It has to… — Jeff Vandermeer Copy Share Image
A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act,… — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
“Daniel was very like a child in all the parts of his character. He was strongly affected by whatever was present, and… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
If there is no absolute moral standard, then one cannot say in a final sense that anything is right or wrong. By… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
A lot of the challenge with TV, as opposed to making movies, is that you have to leave room for the characters… — Bruno Heller Copy Share Image
“...the more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life. And we,… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
We should absolutely be concerned with ethical questions - to exactly the same degree as everyone else. It's never my intention to… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
Justice is a moral virtue, merely because it has that tendency to the good of mankind, and indeed is nothing but an… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I know that I shall have lost to the jungle if I take a weak moral standpoint or relax my mental punctiliousness.… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
I certainly relate to Ygritte in the fact that she is so strong and also ruthless as well and I feel that… — Rose Leslie Copy Share Image
“Which, in morals, leads away from superstition, Which, in politics, leads away from government, and Which, in art, leads away from Tradition.” — Various Copy Share Image
I'm a husband and a dad. Two thirds of my day is spent being that character. It's a huge part of my… — Ben Sollee Copy Share Image
When some English moralists write about the importance of having character, they appear to mean only the importance of having a dull… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can say this: You haven't lived until you've had to wear a triplet pregnancy belly. You would be amazed at what… — KaDee Strickland Copy Share Image
Each character has their own challenges. The challenge to doing one scene is your whole history of who you are and your… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in… — Chris Cooper Copy Share Image
The parent reads the book. The kid reads the book and then they can talk about the characters instead of talking about… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
I'm always attracted to lower budget, not because it's lower budget, but because they tend to be better scripts. It's the scripts… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture;… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
When we exaggerate our friends' tenderness towards us, it is often less from gratitude than from a desire to exhibit our own… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“I felt like a character in a science fiction story, trapped in someone else's body, articulating someone else's words. To be frank,… — Philip Palmer Copy Share Image
Where is the need to go deep into the character and all that? Concentrate on one thing - looking beautiful in front… — Deepti Naval Copy Share Image
I become my characters, and then try to allow events in the story to take their own course. I try not to… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
The most unrealistic thing I've ever read in comics is when some group of characters calls themselves the Brotherhood of Evil or… — Len Wein Copy Share Image
'Deadwood' was just a wonderful opportunity for me. Outside of my own things that I've written, I hadn't had the opportunity to… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
I learned early in my writing career that if I try to tailor a song for someone else, I'm usually off base.… — Brenda Russell Copy Share Image
I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I think there's a real connection between acting and writing novels because the way I write characters has a little bit to… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
I show through my movies that I can do something else. But I always play strong-minded characters. I think it's maybe because… — Audrey Tautou Copy Share Image
Like, why is Batman so relevant? It's because he gets reinvented constantly. There are a lot of stories you can tell with… — Brian Azzarello Copy Share Image
Strength and independence are always something that I'm drawn to in all my characters, no matter how different they are from one… — Amber Heard Copy Share Image
When I was young and easily outraged, I would be upset when every fictional character I created was somehow reduced to 'autobiography.' — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
If the entire script feels formulaic, then you know that the film will be like that. But if it's a really interesting… — Rooney Mara Copy Share Image
