A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
You gotta have fun with a song, make somebody laugh. You gotta have character. A hard punchline can make you laugh, but… — Takeoff Copy Share Image
Every actor has his own approach towards acting. I believe you do not become the character you are playing. You may get… — Jaideep Ahlawat Copy Share Image
Think neither fear nor courage saves us. Unnatural vices are fathered by our heroism. Virtues are forced upon us by our impudent… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have no problem doing the same type of roles. But those who understand acting technique, and watched me in 'Mardaani 2,'… — Vishal Jethwa Copy Share Image
One of the best strengtheners of character and developers of stamina ... is to assume the part you wish to play; to… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
We like to put people on a pedestal, give them one character trait, and if they step outside of that shrinelike area… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
What I look for in a script is the plot point and whether they're strong, obviously, or not, whether the characters are… — Larenz Tate Copy Share Image
Economists get very uncomfortable when you talk about virtue and vice. It doesn't lend itself to a lot of columns with numbers.… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
When I was a TV director working on Judd Apatow's show Undeclared. I was surrounded by so many young people. People like… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
For me, a lot of these actors are new. For me, I only worked with Finn Whittrock and Michael Chiklis. So a… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
Costume is always an asset. Normal costume you have a lot to say about - if you're wearing suits or ties, and… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects,… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
There's people who watch shows while they're preparing their dinners, and they don't want to focus, and they don't want to be… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
It is of course daunting to make ones public debut in a new format, particularly with a well loved character, and in… — Arvind Ethan David Copy Share Image
There's something about being cerebral, intellectual, and yet emotionally repressed [in being villain]. If you think someone's doing this [bad] stuff and… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
Dialogue is what a character's willing to share and reveal to another character, and the 90% they aren't willing to share is… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
We know that passion, prejudice, party, and even good-will, tempt many who preserve a fair character with the world to deviate from… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Being an author means, almost by definition, that you make up characters and then complicate their lives. That's it, really. You make… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
Part of acting is having the security to turn yourself loose and let yourself go in order to reach whatever depths a… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
“It was considered at the time a striking proof of virtue in the young king that he was sorry for his father's… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
In mountaineering, there is not only the activity, but the philosophy behind it. Some say a moral, but I am against that… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
The only time I ever met a character that I wrote was when I met Ian McKellan, when he was playing Magneto… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
Society asks of most men more than sheer intellect ability-it demands also moral hardiness, self-discipline, a competitive spirit and other qualities that… — Julius Adams Stratton Copy Share Image
“Jax Cassidy is a brilliant new voice in contemporary fiction. Full of heat, seduction, and romance, her winning characters are sure to… — Gemma Halliday Copy Share Image
As much as most of the actors were kind of curious to know what their character meant in relation to the script… — Radha Mitchell Copy Share Image
Good actors, especially when they know their character, will come in and either tell you in advance that they have an idea,… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
The rule for finding plots for character-centered novels, which is to ask: 'So what's the worst possible thing I can do to… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
The secret lies in the actor's personal satisfaction. How can the audience be moved by a character the actor himself does not… — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
Courage is the human virtue that counts most-courage to act on limited knowledge and insufficient evidence. That's all any of us have. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
Kids can sniff out when they are being preached to, and they don't like it. So while my books aren't amoral, they… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
“When it comes to morals & principles, a man in the 'real' world has two options; compromise or wait for sometime and… — Mohammad Rafiq Teli Copy Share Image
What I look for is identifying what the utility of a character is to the telling of the story overall. If I… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I have a very clear understanding of what my voice is. It's like a B voice. It hovers around B-minus, B-plus. I… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
“When we get caught up in the minutiae, the details that make us all different... There's opportunity to see the texture of… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
If there's ever a character who can only serve one metaphor, I'll probably tell one story with that character and be done… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
However, for my characters to have depth, they have to be human and complex, have both qualities and flaws, do the right… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
I like playing these characters who are just on the edge of ridiculous but always grounded in reality. I would never want… — Kaitlin Olson Copy Share Image
On 'Swingtown,' I think that's when I was able to blend the character-slash-leading lady roles, and that's what I'm doing on 'Once… — Lana Parrilla Copy Share Image
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